Awards:
The Arthur C. Clarke Awards, Campbell Awards and the Theodore Sturgeon Awards were announced at WorldCon in Kansas City, Mo.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky won the Arthur C Clarke Award for best novel. Find the complete list here.
Radiomen by Eleanor Lerman took with John W Campbell award for best science fiction novel published in 2015, While Kelly Link’s short story “A Game of Smash and Recovery” won the Theodore Sturgeon Award for best short fiction.
August 31st, 2016. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | 3 comments |
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir by R.A. Dick
If you were to ask me to name my top two or three favorite fantasy novels, the answer would take me a long time to come up with, given the overwhelming number of possible choices. But if you wanted to know my top two or three fantasy films, well, I could give you that reply fairly quickly. One of them would of course be The Wizard of Oz (1939), which I steadfastly maintain must be viewed on the big screen.
August 31st, 2016. Sandy Ferber´s rating: 5 | R.A. Dick | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 8 comments |
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
I’ll start by saying that I’m not hugely familiar with Neil Gaiman’s work. I’ve read Stardust and watched his two Doctor Who episodes… and that’s it. At first I wasn’t sure whether or not to absorb more of his work before tackling The Ocean at the End of the Lane, but decided against it for the sake of a fresh perspective. So consider this a review from someone who has very few preconceptions about Gaiman’s style and themes.
August 31st, 2016. Rebecca Fisher, Marion Deeds, Kelly Lasiter, Tadiana Jones and Stuart Starosta | Neil Gaiman | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 13 comments |
The Empty Ones by Robert Brockway
The Empty Ones (2016) is suspenseful, scary, action-packed and occasionally gross. This is the second book in Robert Brockway’s THE VICIOUS CIRCUIT series, following 2015’s The Unnoticeables. The Empty Ones crackles with tension, and I found that several of the questions that plagued me at the end of Book One are answered here. By the end of this one, I am even more worried about young stuntwoman Kaitlyn than I was before.
August 30th, 2016. Marion Deeds and Jana Nyman´s rating: 4.5 | Robert Brockway | Horror | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Unreal and the Real, Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands by Ursula K. Le Guin
This is essential reading (or listening) for all fans of SF who want to see why Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the giants of the SF/fantasy field. Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands contains a host of impressive stories, both her famous award-winners and lesser-known gems. All of them are intelligent, thought-provoking, understated, and beautifully written. It’s hard to underestimate the influence she has had on the genre,
August 30th, 2016. Stuart Starosta´s rating: 4 | Ursula K. Le-Guin | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
“Amor Vincit Omnia” by K.J. Parker (2010, free at Subterranean Press, republished in Academic Exercises, a short fiction anthology by K.J. Parker)
In a world where magic is considered a branch of natural philosophy and is practiced only by a secretive group of scholars, the normal order of things is upset when a rogue magician appears and starts violently murdering innocent villagers,
August 29th, 2016. Tadiana Jones | K.J. Parker, Mike Resnick | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas
“On any other weekend, my body would have been discovered more quickly.”
Panos Panossian is not the kind of a guy to let the mere fact that he is dead stop him from narrating; even if his first-person narration starts after he’s been killed, and is a faceless corpse in a cabinet in the morgue. That quote is the opening sentence in I Am Providence, a multi-genrebending novel by Nick Mamatas.
August 29th, 2016. Marion Deeds´s rating: 4 | Nick Mamatas | Horror, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Imprudence is the second book in Gail Carriger’s CUSTARD PROTOCOL series, a spin-off of her popular PARASOL PROTECTORATE books and related to her wonderful young adult FINISHING SCHOOL series. I didn’t love the first CUSTARD PROTOCOL book, Prudence. I thought the plot was silly, the humor was too often forced, and the romance was dull. However, I loved the audiobook narration by the amazingly talented Moira Quirk,
August 29th, 2016. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Gail Carriger | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Editor’s note: Won the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story
The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman & J.H. Williams III
Most monthly comics come out, well, monthly, but DC decided to drag out The Sandman: Overture and release it every other month, and that seemed reasonable given how long it takes for J. H. Williams III to create his exquisite artwork. However, the comic ended up taking a full year longer than announced — from October 2013 to October 2015. After the first three issues,
August 27th, 2016. Brad Hawley, Marion Deeds and Stuart Starosta´s rating: 4, 4.5, 5 | Neil Gaiman | Comics, Hugo Award | SFF Reviews | 7 comments |
Tade Thompson lives and works in the south of England. His first novel Making Wolf won the 2016 Kitschies Golden Tentacle award for best debut novel. He has written a number of short stories including “Budo” at Escape Pod. His horror novella Gnaw will be released in December from Solaris Books. Rosewater comes out 15th November, but is available for pre-order now.
Look, let’s just get this out of the way right now: Aliens have been done.
August 26th, 2016. Kate Lechler | Tade Thompson | Expanded Universe, Giveaway! | 13 comments |
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