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: THE GARDEN OF STONES by Mark T. Barnes
November 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The typical Chinese garden is designed to reflect the world in miniature whilst providing an idealized view of it as one passes through – it can be both ornate and sprawling. The Japanese rock garden on the other hand is an overly stylized representation that focuses on a minimalist approach to the story it tells […]
SF Book Releases This Week: Nov 12, 2013
November 12, 2013 by 5 Comments
Welcome to another SF Book Releases This Week post. Lots of small press titles for today’s list. You may remember hearing about Things Slip Through by Kevin Lucia from his part in our podcast interviews with Ronald Malfi. Crystal Lake Publishing Things Slip Through by Kevin Lucia (CreateSpace) The ground-breaking horror collection by New York […]
Book Review: ODD MEN OUT by Matt Betts
November 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Odd Men Out, by Matt Betts, is a different kind of book than I’m used to, but it worked for me, taking over a reading queue that was getting out of hand. I credit TV shows like Jericho and Revolution for enticing me to like Civil War type dystopias, where factions within the country are […]
Cultural Conundrums: Suggested Reads
November 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The BBC recently ran a piece, titled Close encounters of the Arab kind by Lydia Green, about Arab Sci-Fi that spoke to Ameri-Euro-centrality of most published science fiction. She went on to explain the impact that Arab literature has had on Western literature and even had the first recognizable Sci-Fi story. She doesn’t mention that […]
World Fantasy Awards and David Gemmell Awards: 2013 Winners
November 4, 2013 by 1 Comment
This past weekend The World Fantasy Convention took place in Brighton, UK, where The Gemmell Awards and the World Fantasy Awards were announced. One of our co-hosts, Moses Siregar III, attended and will have a few interviews to share for our podcast in the upcoming month or so: authors, Tad Williams and John Gwynne (recent […]
Interview: Planet Oz by James C. Holder
November 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Planet Oz is a novel written by James C. Holder, which is currently on Kickstarter, a website that helps artists raise money to produce their art in return for cool perks to those who donate. I was intrigued by this project, so I asked James to tell us a little more. First, his description of […]
Dystopian Horror
October 28, 2013 by 3 Comments
We’re still in the Coffin Hop tour for now, until the 31st, but I signed up for this other blog tour, Dystopia Reading Challenge 2013, and needed to get a post up. I thought it would be fun to share this reading challenege with my fellow Coffin Hoppers as well as to use it to open up […]
Book Review: APOCALYPTIC MONTESSA AND NUCLEAR LULU by Mercedes Yardley
October 25, 2013 by 1 Comment
Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love By Mercedes M. Yardley Her mama always said she was special. His daddy called him a demon. But even monsters can fall in love. Montessa Tovar is walking home alone when she is abducted by Lu, a serial killer with unusual talents and a grudge […]
