Now in my third year participating in this favorite of blog tours, you’d think I’d have had a post ready first thing in the morning for you eager coffin hoppers. For horror fans, you sure wake up early ;). Okay, so here’s what we have planned at Adventures in SciFi Publishing: Monday I will post the […]
Reddit: “Ask Me Anything” with Tim Ward
October 23, 2013 by 2 Comments
Today’s the day. Head over to http://www.reddit.com/r/sciencefiction/comments/1p22fs/im_tim_ward_ama/ and ask me anything, from podcasting, the publishing industry, being an aspiring author, writing book reviews, moving to South Korea to teach English, why redheads are the most beautiful, etc. For those who haven’t visited reddit before, it is a very fun and informative community. I recommend registering (free) […]
Book Review: ALIF THE UNSEEN by G. Willow Wilson
October 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
If there is a better book than Alif The Unseen by G. Willow Wilson that showcases the nebulous nature of genre definitions and the trend towards the mélange of tropes so prevalent these days in genre fiction, then I can’t think of it. Mixing fantasy, mythology, cyberpunk and techno-thriller devices, Wilson has sculpted a world […]
SF Book Releases This Week: Oct. 22, 2013
October 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Welcome to this week’s SF releases. We have a nice mixture of small press and Big Five book releases, many right for the spooky holiday season to come. That creepy guy below us, Cthulu, is the hallmark character of H.P. Lovecraft’s Horror. Fans of his work should check out 01 Publishing’s Lovecraftian anthology, Whispers from the […]
AISFP 235 – Colin F. Barnes, ARTIFICIAL EVIL
October 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Timothy C. Ward interviews Colin F. Barnes, author of the Techxorcist series, Book 1, Artificial Evil, and recently released Book 2, Assembly Code. Get ARTIFICIAL EVIL free by emailing Colin through his contact page, with the email subject: Free Artificial Copy. Offer ends Jan. 1, 2014. Discussed: The Techxorcist world, its everyman character and the […]
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Book Review: REPLICA by Jenna Black
October 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Replica (Replica, Book 1), by Jenna Black, is a fast-paced YA novel featuring two protagonists, 16 year olds Nadia Lake and Nate Hayes. Children of the wealthy elite in the repressive Corporate States, Nate and Nadia are like celebrities. They are also betrothed to be married, forming the lynchpin in a powerful alliance between important […]
SF Book Releases This Week: Oct. 15, 2013
October 14, 2013 by 2 Comments
Welcome to another edition of SF Book Releases This Week. As a way of thanks to the publishers who sent me physical books, they get their entry listed with book description as well as listed on our Book Giveaway page. If I missed a title releasing this week (including yours), let me know. After our […]
AISFP 234 – Scott Lynch, THE REPUBLIC OF THIEVES
October 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Brent Bowen and Scott Lynch discussed: (No spoilers for any of his books) How he’s handled his success and his response to people saying his Gentleman Bastard books will stand the test of time. How much work goes into his establishing his literary voice. “The words we choose are our brushstrokes.” – Scott Lynch How […]
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Short Story Review: “The Walk Up Nameless Ridge” by Hugh Howey
October 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
“The Walk up Nameless Ridge,” a Kindle Single by Hugh Howey Amazon Kindle: $.99 – 18 pages Audible: $.99 (Narrated by Jonathan Davis) – 39 minutes; Whispersync Ready Story Description: On planet Eno, there stands a mountain that has never been summited. Many have tried. All have failed. This climbing season finds three teams making […]
Clinging to the Wreckage: How to Save Science Fiction
October 9, 2013 by 49 Comments
In its introduction to its list of the best science fiction and fantasy of the year, the io9 website says 2012 was a great year for books that transcended genre boundaries. I had no problem with them talking about science fiction that turned out to be fantasy (not sure what they actually meant by that, […]
