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Next SFF Author: Ben Aaronovitch

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Draconda and Others: Resurrecting a forgotten Weird Tales talent

Draconda and Others by John Martin Leahy

For modern-day fans of the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales, few websites will be found that exceed the depth and breadth of the one created by Terence E. Hanley; namely, Tellers of Weird Tales. Encyclopedic in scope, the site is a virtual godsend for all lovers of the so-called “Unique Magazine.” In just the Weird Tales Authors section of the website, Hanley gives full biographies of (by my rough count) 460+ authors who contributed to the magazine during its first legendary incarnation (1923 – ’54),


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June 6th, 2025. ´s rating: | | , | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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The Afterlife Project: Recommended with a caveat

The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed

The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed is a cli-lit book that follows two distinct storylines, one set in the not-too-distant future wracked by climate disaster and a “hyper-pandemic” and the other set 10,000 years later in a vibrant recovered world, one that may or may not have us humans around anymore. The two-track structure is appropriate, as I had two differing reactions to the book, finding the far-future section (mostly) quite strong while having a less favorable reaction to the near-future setting,


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June 5th, 2025. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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The Ashfire King: A flawed but worthwhile return to Abdullah’s magical world

The Ashfire King by Chelsea Abdullah

The Ashfire King is Chelsea Abdullah’s follow-up to the highly enjoyable The Stardust Thief, picking up pretty immediately after the events of that book, which ended on a pretty sizable cliffhanger. While the new novel doesn’t attain the heights of its predecessor, which I called “one of the most enjoyable and captivating books” I’d read that year, despite some issues it moves the story along, deepens several of the characters,


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May 23rd, 2025. ´s rating: | | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |

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Valdemar: Has some great moments

Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey

Valdemar (2023) is the third and final book in Mercedes Lackey’s FOUNDING OF VALDEMAR trilogy. This series is a great place to start if you’re new to Valdemar, but you’ll definitely want to read Beyond and Into the West first. Only mild spoilers for those books ahead.

It’s been ten years since Duke Kordas Valdemar led his people away from the Empire, and they’re still working to establish their new home.


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March 21st, 2025. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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Into the West: Watching the formation of Valdemar

Into the West by Mercedes Lackey

Into the West (2022) is the second book in Mercedes Lackey’s THE FOUNDING OF VALDEMAR trilogy. Readers can absolutely start with this trilogy before diving into any other VALDEMAR books, but you’ll want to read Beyond, the first (and most exciting) book in this trilogy, before picking up this one. Only mild spoilers for Beyond are in this review.

The journey continues with Duke Kordas Valdemar and his people as they seek a new home.


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March 12th, 2025. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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The First Bright Thing: I wish I liked this book more

The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson

Published in 2023, J.R. Dawson’s The First Bright Thing is a solid entry in the subgenre of magical carnivals, joining The Night Circus, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Bacchanal, and Mechanique, among others. Once again, good versus evil plays out in the center ring, against the backdrop of big tops and midways. Dawson adds one new ingredient to the mix,


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March 3rd, 2025. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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Wood Sprites: Takes a surprising and welcome turn

Wood Sprites by Wen Spencer

Wood Sprites (2014) is the fourth installment in Wen Spencer’s ELFHOME series. You’ll want to read the previous books (Tinker, Wolf Who Rules, and Elfhome) first.

Wood Sprites takes a surprising turn—one that, frankly, the series needed. Instead of following Tinker’s storyline, we return to Earth and meet two precocious nine-year-old twins,


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February 21st, 2025. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |

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Starchild: Boysie Gann and the plan of man

Starchild by Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson

By the end of Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson’s 1963 novel The Reefs of Space, all of the reader’s many questions had been answered, and all of the loose ends tied up in a neat bow … at least, so we would have thought. The book could very easily have stood on its own, so perhaps it came as something of a surprise when the authors came out with a sequel two years later.


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February 20th, 2025. ´s rating: | , | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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Daughters of Chaos: Try this if you crave beauty and strangeness more than story

Daughters of Chaos by Jen Fawkes 

Daughters of Chaos, by Jen Fawkes, came out in 2024. This literary feminist novel plays with layers, offers interesting characters and exquisite descriptions. The germ of the story is a fascinating real-life situation during the American Civil War. The city of Nashville, Tennessee, was occupied by Union troops. The military governor of the occupation grew concerned for the strength of his army and the security of the occupied city when Union soldiers began to get sick from syphilis.


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February 10th, 2025. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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The Book of Elsewhere: An interesting experiment with moments of wonder

The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves & China Miéville

You, he thought as it drew back its right left fist, its agglomerated fistmass, on a farrago of an arm, on a stitchwork welter of a shoulder.

2024’s collaboration between acting icon Keanu Reeves and prose icon China Miéville delivers lots of thrills. The Book of Elsewhere, which follows the adventures of a nearly-unkillable warrior, is based on a character created by Reeves in his comic book, BRZRKR.


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February 7th, 2025. ´s rating: | | | SFF Reviews | no comments |

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