This week’s release batch may be small, but it is big in delivering on a long awaited sequel to Rise Again by Ben Tripp. I recently interviewed Ben over at SF Signal. Simon and Schuster Rise Again Below Zero by Ben Tripp The sequel to Rise Again, from an author who “balances kinetically choreographed scenes […]
Interview with Nate Kenyon, Author of Thriller, DAY ONE
December 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Nate Kenyon writes thrillers, suspense and horror for Thomas Dunne Books. He also writes video game novelizations for Blizzard Entertainment in the worlds of StarCraft and Diablo. His novel, Bloodstone, was a Bram Stoker Award finalist and winner of the P&E Horror Novel of the Year. His novel, The Reach, was a Bram Stoker Award […]
AISFP 243 — Ramez Naam, CRUX Giveaway
December 11, 2013 by 6 Comments
Brent Bowen chats with Ramez Naam at the 2013 Worldcon in San Antonio. They discuss his novels Nexus and its follow-up, Crux; whether we, both individually and culturally, are equipped to adapt to a world of accelerating technological change (such as privacy matters and how we ALL are being watched by the NSA); and the […]
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SF Book Releases This Week: Dec. 10, 2013
December 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Shock Totem Ugly As Sin by James Newman (Highly recommended author of The Wicked – my review) Nick Bullman was a wrestling superstar. His alter ego, The Widowmaker, was the monster heel all the marks loved to hate. Now, after a brutal encounter with two psychotic fans left his face horribly disfigured, he’s just a monster. […]
Book Review: VIA DOLOROSA by Ronald Malfi
December 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
Via Dolorosa by Ronald Malfi PAINTER, SOLDIER, HUSBAND, GHOST Lieutenant Nick D’Nofrio is back from the war, but he is not home. The dead are on the other side of the world, but they haunt him daily. He tries to be a husband to his new wife, Emma, but he can’t connect with other people. […]
AISFP 242 – John Gwynne, MALICE
December 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Moses Siregar III interviews John Gwynne at World Fantasy Con shortly after John won the Morningstar Award for Best Debut Novel for Malice (The Faithful and the Fallen). They chatted about the long process John took in making Malice so great, how his story is similar to A Song of Ice and Fire and Riyria […]
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SF Book Releases This Week: Dec. 3, 2013
December 3, 2013 by 10 Comments
Welcome to another SF Book Releases This Week. A bunch to choose from this week, so I won’t keep you. Every Day Publishing Raygun Chronicles Edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt A school teacher masquerading as an assassin, mercenaries, scoundrels and knight fighting to protect or control the galaxy, an out of control robot, a bear […]
The Art of Big ‘O’
December 2, 2013 by 3 Comments
If there is anything that’s guaranteed to flush out my inner geek, its science fiction and fantasy art on album covers. Long before the word “geek” came into more common usage, I was a schoolboy who saved all his pocket money to buy record albums and books. Many of them I purchased for the cover […]
Happy Black Friday, Book Lovers
November 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Any one of the following deals would have been good enough to post about, but that there are so many has convinced me to take this moment to share. Many of these were originally found through this Google Play page. The Way of Shadows (The Night Angel Trilogy #1) by Brent Weeks $1.79! (add $2.99 […]
Book Review: THIS RIVER AWAKENS by Steven Erikson
November 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s 1971. Owen Brand and his family move to the riverside town of Middlecross in an attempt to escape poverty. For the twelve-year-old, it’s the chance for a new life and an end to his family’s isolation. Owen falls in with a gang of three local boys and forms a strong bond with Jennifer, the […]
