There are many reasons to enjoy science fiction. If hard science fiction is your thing, read how Kim Stanley Robinson extrapolates our current technology to posit a utopian future. Or if you prefer social science fiction, pick up a novel by Ursula K. LeGuin and see how she integrates anthropology into fictional worlds as if […]
Reader Interview: Epic Fantasy Reviewer, Will Ramirez
April 3, 2014 by 6 Comments
A new series of blog posts I’m eager to share with our audience are Q and A’s with my review staff on their preferred genres. For our first discussion, I’ve invited Will Ramirez to share on what types of Fantasy he enjoys as well as an extended discussion on his fandom of Brandon Sanderson. Will […]
Book Review: HOLLOW WORLD by Michael J. Sullivan
April 2, 2014 by 2 Comments
One of the first things that appealed about Hollow World was how easy it was to get into the story. Written in the classic style of H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine, Michael J. Sullivan’s Hollow World produces a modern story just as enjoyable, if not more so, than its predecessor. The main character, Ellis Rodgers, […]
SF Book Releases This Week: April 1, 2014
April 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan THE FUTURE IS COMING…FOR SOME SOONER THAN OTHERS Ellis Rogers is an ordinary man who is about to embark on an extraordinary journey. All his life he has played it safe and done the right thing, but when diagnosed with a terminal illness, he’s willing to take an insane […]
Book Review: ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS by Tim Lebbon
March 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The deep-ore mining vessel, Marion, is in orbit above the inhospitable planet LV178 from which the Kelland Mining Company is extracting precious trimonite. During a shift change, the Marion’s crew of 10 are concerned by the lack of contact with the remaining 40 crewmembers on the surface. They soon discover what’s happened to them when […]
Review: Assassin’s Creed (Graphic Novels)
March 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
As a player — and fan — of the Assassin’s Creed on the Xbox 360, I was delighted to have the opportunity to review graphic novels based on the game. The first collection, The Ankh of Isis Trilogy (Titan Books) comprises three sequential tales called, repectively, Desmond, Aquilus and Accipter, named after characters in the narrative. Desmond […]
Book Review: TALUS AND THE FROZEN KING by Graham Edwards
March 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The manic energy of modern day our modern Sherlock Holmes is a difficult thing to transpose to a book. To take such a character and place them in the Stone Age without the aid of modern technology runs the risk of creating a story so at odds with itself that any trunk it’s hidden in […]
SF Book Releases This Week: March 25, 2014
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Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel by Charlaine Harris THE FINAL SOOKIE STACKHOUSE NOVEL When a shocking murder rocks Bon Temps, Sookie will learn that what passes for the truth is only a convenient lie. What passes for justice is more spilled blood. And what passes for love is never enough… Features an all-new […]
AISFP 252 – The Writing Process (2013 ICON panel)
March 24, 2014 by 4 Comments
The panel, “The Writing Process” was recorded at ICON 2013, an annual Science Fiction-Fantasy Convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa around the first week of November. Check out details for ICON 2014 at ICON’s website. This year’s Guests of Honor are: Hugo and Campbell winning author Elizabeth Bear and World Fantasy finalist author Scott Lynch, and […]
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Audiobook Review: THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir
March 21, 2014 by 3 Comments
Fans of space exploration and science will salivate over The Martian. Andy Weir‘s debut novel combines dramatic survival in a unique environment with laugh-out-loud humor. Our astronaut has been stranded on Mars after a freak accident convinced his team that he was dead. He is a biologist and an engineer, and a brilliant one at […]
