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A
Wolfe at the Door
Odyssey, the summer creative writing workshop for science fiction,
fantasy, and horror authors, will feature award winning SF author
Gene Wolfe as the special writer-in-residence for its summer '03
session. How on Urth did they manage that?
02/2003
Time
Gentlemen Please
Rod serves up an historical Perspective of HG Wells' 'The Time Machine'
- in print, as well as HG's recent sfx-dripping voyage onto the
big screen.
09/2002
China's
Town And Redemption Ark
The new wave of Brit-pack
authors takes the SF world by storm. China Miéville and Alastair
Reynolds lead July's invasion of book reviews.
07/2002
Of
Immunities & Wizardborn
From Lois McMaster Bujold's 'Diplomatic Immunity'
to David Farland's 'Wizardborn', the June book review sack has swollen
large again. Read those SF/F novel reviews here.
06/2002
Drawing
The Jedi
May's
crop of book reviews hits the streets - including all those juicy
DK Star Wars art books dropping out of hyperspace just in time for
the Clone Wars movie.
05/2002
Of
Mammoths And Time Tunnels
The real book roadtest.
A bumper crop of reviews this month. Something for everyone in whatever
format and taste - good and bad. We also look behind the covers
of Print on Demand (PoD).
04/2002
Illegal
Aliens And A Dream Thief
A bit of hard science fiction with Illegal Alien from the pen of
Robert J. Sawyer, and some ever harder hack'N'Slay with Michael
Moorcock's Dreamthief.
03/2002
Ice
Cold On Mars
Author Stephen Baxter puts his hard science rep. on the line and
goes all Disney on us in his latest novel. Why?
03/2002
The
Ares Express & The Tomorrow People
Ares Express by Ian McDonald is one of the books pulled from the
review shelf, and The Tomorrow People: The Slaves Of Jedikah reminds
us just how cheesy SF used to be in the 1970s.
03/2002
A
Sorcerer's Legacy And The Art Of Vincent Di Fate
A round-up of all the latest book releases, including Janny
Wurts latest fantasy extravaganza, and an eye-popping art book featuring
the works of Vincent Di Fate.
02/2002
The
First Arabesk And A Gathering Of Ghosts
Some great books this month, including an alternative future
where Kaiser Bill and his allies, specifically the Ottoman Empire,
bested Britain and her allies in World War One.
01/2002
Dragon'
On
Best-selling fantasy authors Weis and Hickman interviewed by
fellow sword and sorcery novelist, Stephen Hunt.
01/2002
Culture
In The Culture
Did writer Iain Banks create one of the most original SF societies
with his Culture universe? .
01/2002
Mammoth
SF And Farscape Tunes
Whether
you're a rocket scientist or want a good read, our Santa's sack
has something for everyone to keep you occupied in the Yuletide
month.
Empty
Cities And Ant Men In Tibet
Another goodie bag of book reviews. Crusty old British David Pringle
– the UK Fan Father – has even fallen out of bed to bring
you a new anthology: The Ant Men of Tibet. Where the heck do they
get these story titles? The back of a Corn Flakes packet?
11/2001
Piers
Anthony Tells It Like It Was (& Still Is)
As a fantasy author, Piers Anthony makes the kind of book sales
that would make the Tolkien Estate jealous. So it was some eagerness
that we unwrapped his auto-biography. Want to know what makes the
SF publishing business tick (or should that be totally sick?) …
then this is book for you.
09/2001
You'll
Like Youll
The ranks of the Crowsnest's book reviews swell, as our contributors
dive into everything from an Illustrated Farscape Companion, to
classics such as The Man In The High Castle by Philip Dick. Plus
the art of Stephen Youll, of course.
09/2001
Mammoths
Make A Come-Back (In Book Form, Not In Jurassic Park III)
Mammoth encyclopaedias of Fantasy and SF, and a new novel from Michael
Moorcock. Book reviews … we knock them out by the dozen over here.
08/2001
Boris
Vallejo Gets Erotic With Naked Barbarian Princesses.
You could strand master fantasy illustrator alone on a desert island,
and he'd still find some way to cobble an airbrush together from
coconut shells and tree bark (and paint Xena-like babes). His new
art book comes under the spotlight, along with a number of other
novels.
07/2001
Of
Metronians And Owls
Another fine Summer crop of science fiction and fantasy web sites
submitted to our sparkling SF/F search engine. We bring you the
very best, including some interesting online novels and a site that
loves Lost In Space so much, they went and got the logo tattooed
on their butt.
06/2001
2001:
Filming The Future
How far might we have gone, had NASA's funds not been so cruelly
curtailed in the early 70s? Ah, the might have beens, the glorious
might have beens. Uncle Geoff's book shelf gets a fab new addition.
03/2001
The
Honor System. Author David Weber Brings You Hornblower In Space
Ship-to-ship combat doesn't get much more fun than in David Weber's
Honor series of novels … now some of the most popular SF books in
the US ranked by sales. Pity about that damn telepathic cat, though.
02/2001
Hal
Meets Fantasy Artist Frank Kelly Freas, And It's Pure Sorcery
Uncle Geoff's book shelf has been creaking under the weight of all
his new SF and fantasy purchases. Read his round-up of the hot new
reviews here.
02/2001
Forrest
Ackerman's Mad Mad World Of Science Fiction
Geoff looks at his goodie bag of books and videos slipped to him
by desperate PR gonks, slavering after some free publicity on the
Nest. Forrest Ackerman's new book is first under the spotlight.
01/2001
The
Telling By Ursula K. Le Guin And Other Book Reviews For Xmas
Uncle Geoff fondles his sack and brings you reviews of the best
books on his reading list. Well, at least, the best books that those
no-good publishers have deigned to send us this month.
12/2000
Fantasy
And Sf Books Tops The E-Book Charts
Is it because I is electronic? Yes, science fiction and fantasy
is dominating the e-book best-seller lists, with some new names
dominating the list and frustrating the (often clueless) attempts
by the big publishers to cash in on this new hyper-growth medium.
09/2000
JG
Ballard Appears, But Harry Potter Vanishes?
One SF author walks into the lime-light as another steps back. What
strange synchronicity is this?
08/2000
Drune
Delights
Drune. What the heck kind of name is that for a novel?
08/2000
Harry
Potter Madness - Rhymes With Cuddles
Harry Potter madness has swept the globe with a marketing fury not
seen since the Spice Girls became the de facto ambassadors of all
this is good in the UK. But where there's loot, there's often a
suit (as in law). JK Rowling gets legal with those that claim she
plundered their works.
07/2000
Can
A Corporation Write Sci-Fiction?
The corporate suits at the SCI-FI Channel have just discovered on-line
fiction. They may be late to the party, but darn it, they just have
so much money to shower on the lucky authors (at least, the ones
who are still alive)
06/2000
Bank(S)
Withdrawal?
Iain Banks is teasing his fans with the threat of a bit of a barren
period over the next twelve months. Is the wee man bluffing, or
is our plucky jock author really riding off into the sunset?
06/2000
Terry
Pratchett - Author Or Media Slut?
magazines, newspapers - give this ex-PR man a microphone, and you
had better stop your grinning and drop your linen. That Terry, he
loves to yack. Just not to us, it seems. Terry Pratchett is the
fantasy author who loves to talk. Radio, TV.
12/1999
Super
Author Robert Heinlein Talks From Beyond The Grave
Is Robert Heinlein, author of such classic as Starship Troopers,
talking to you from the dead? We believe so.
11/1999
Chewie
On This, You Imaginary Murdering Author, You!
Everyone's favourite Star Wars Wookie is killed off by George Lucas
and the fans go into mourning (closely followed by a bout of homicidal
rage).
11/1999
E-By-Gum
(And Sci-Fi & Fantasy 'E' At That)
There's a new sensation sweeping the USA - the good news is that
this sensation is going to shower you with free science fiction
and fantasy books. Read on, McDuff.
11/1999
Xanth
Examined
Will Piers Anthony's magic be eXterminated?
07/1999
Starship
Troopers
Author: Robert A. Heinlein reviewed
by Michael Lichter.
03/1998
Making
History
Author: Stephen Fry review by Evelyn C Leeper.
02/1998
Wolf's
Bane
Author: Tara K. Harper reviewed by C. R. Meddian.
01/1998
The
Mists Of Avalon
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley reviewed by Althea Morin.
11/1997
Coping
With Your Trekkie
Author: Samuel Ramer reviewed by Geoff Willmetts.
05/1997
What's
Your X-Files IQ?
Author: Marc Shapiro reviewed by Geoff Willmetts.
01/1995
For
The Crown And The Dragon
Author: Stephen Hunt reviewed by Andrew Darlington.
01/1995
Aestival
Tide
Author: Elizabeth Hand
1995
Dark
Sister
Author: Graham Joyce
1995
Drachenfels
Author: Jack Yeovil (alias Kim Newman)
1995
The
Baker's Boy
Author: J.V Jones
1995
The
Engines Of God
Author: Jack McDevit
1995
Gojiro
Author: Mark Jacobson
1995
Harmsway
Author: Colin Greenland
1995
The
Reality Dysfunction
Author: Peter F. Hamilton
1995
Rise Of a Merchant Prince
Author: Raymond E. Feist
1995
Space
Marine
Author: Ian Watson
1995
The Winter King
Author: Bernard Cornwell
1995
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