News for 2013
This last 12 months have seen some outstanding pieces of literature released, some of them from well established authors such as Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Paul McAuley, Christopher Priest and Adam Roberts (to name a few) but with many surprises from new voices such as Peter Higgins, Andrew Buckley, Al Ewing, Jay Posey and Stella Gemmell (again to name but a few).
On the awards front it's been an interesting year. Both the Hugo...
To co-incide with the publication of Steve Berry's Behind the Sofa and the 50th Anniversary of the worlds longest running science fiction show - Doctor Who, we are lucky enough to have an excerpt - written by none other than funnyman Paul Whitehouse.
Behind the Sofa is published by Gollancz (you can see the details...
The Night of the Doctor, a fitting death for an under-rated Doctor and a stroke of genius to bring back Paul McGann.
As the hype ramps up for the 50th Anniversary special episode this is one part of the proceedings that are well and truly justified.
...We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.
The Red Men by Matthew De Abaitua has often been said to be a vastly under-rated novel, not receiving the attention it deserves - Charlie Jane Anders over at Io9 has even gone so far as to say it's one of the decades most under-rated. I must admit that even though it had been short-listed for the Arthur C Clarke Award back in...
To celebrate Mountain Man being optioned for a film by up and coming scriptwriter Matt Deller ("Manhattan Undying"), the Author Keith Blackmore is offering the Mountain Man ebook for free on Amazon UK & Amazon US from now until the 23rd June (this Sunday).
Mountain Man introduces us to a world that is now mostly...
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Best-selling author Stephen King returns with a breathtaking tale of love – and loss – set in a 1970s North Carolina amusement park.
Celebrating the release of this bittersweet coming-of-age novel, Titan...
From award-winning British fantasy author Freda Warrington, A Taste of Blood Wine (Titan Books, May 2013) is the first novel of a gothic vampire melodrama.
To celebrate the return of the critically acclaimed Blood Books in collectable paperback and e-book edition, Titan Books and Freda Warrington are serialising two...
It seems that there have been a number of Award related events happening over the Easter weekend. Not only has the Philip K Dick award winner been announced but also the British Science Fiction Awards have been presented and this years Hugo's shortlisted.
The winner of the 2013 Philip K Dick award is Brian Francis Slattery for his post-apocalyptic tale Lost Everything (another book to add to the "must read list"). I am delighted to...
We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.
At the beginning of March Art of War - the 5th book in David Wingrove's re-imagined epic Chung Kuo series was released (expect a review of books 4 and 5 on SFBook soon). To celebrate David Wingrove has kindly graced our site with an article about "Future Histories", an insightful look at how he wrote about China in the distant future....
Due to an authors concern with the Book of the year Poll this year I have decided that the winner will be chosen by myself instead (these polls seem to attract trouble for some reason). Apologies to anyone who took the time to vote and I would like to thank each and every one of you for all for the support shown over the last month. Next year I plan on creating a shortlist and winner internally to avoid any further difficulties.
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