Archive for April, 2011

Cloud Roads reviewed on Adventures Fantastic

April 19th 2011 at 2:53 pm

Adventures Fantastic has posted a great review of Cloud Roads. Keith blogged, “Martha Wells does more with character development in less than 300 pages than many other writers do in twice as many pages. Or even a thousand pages.”

The creature LIVES!!! It LIVES!!! It LIVES!!!

April 19th 2011 at 1:09 pm

Michael Swanwick received his copies of Dancing With Bears this morning. Here’s what he said on his blog. “So how does it feel? Keeping in mind that I’ve been doing this for decades and that this is my eighth novel? Well . . . You know how in Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel, [...]

Never Knew Another reviewed at Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review

April 18th 2011 at 5:03 pm

Graeme Flory gives J.M. McDermott’s Never Knew Another nine and a half out of ten! He says, “Here is a book that not only has plenty to say for itself but will stick around in your head for a long time after you’ve read it.” The full blog post can be found here.

Welcome to the Revolution

April 18th 2011 at 4:37 pm

Paul Goat Allen has reviewed Revolution World by Katy Stauber, he says, “The vast majority of noteworthy new writers in the realm of science fiction/fantasy are publishing fantasy instead of science fiction. [...] But even though science fiction may not be as popular as it was three or four decades ago, some brilliant new novelists [...]

This YARN will blow your mind!

April 18th 2011 at 2:39 pm

The Little Red Reviewer Blog had this to say about Jon Armstrong’s Yarn, “How to categorize this? scifi? dystopian? fashionpunk? craftpunk? socio-political satire? I think I’ll go with mindblowing. If you are looking for something unique and original and strangely wonderful, I highly recommend Jon Armstrong. His vision of a future America is as frightening [...]

Ranting Dragon Reviews The Winds of Khalakovo

April 15th 2011 at 1:12 pm

Bradley Beaulieu’s novel, The Winds of Khalakovo, receives even more praise over on the Ranting Dragon blog! “With The Winds of Khalakovo, Beaulieu offers us a well-written novel overflowing with action and suspense, great characters—and a couple horrible ones—and a brilliantly-wrought story of mystery, magic, and political intrigue, where everything seems possible and you never [...]

The Gradual Collapse of a Society: A Review of Soft Apocalypse by Will McIntosh

April 15th 2011 at 12:56 pm

Tor.com have posted a fantastic review by Stefan Raets of Soft Apocalypse. He said of Will McIntosh’s debut novel, “It took me by surprise early on and never let go.” The review says it all, you can read it here!

Congratulations to Laird Barron

April 14th 2011 at 5:20 pm

Congratulations to Laird Barron for his SIX (six six) nominations in this year’s Shirley Jackson Awards…

An unusual, intriguing and original start to a new fantasy series

April 11th 2011 at 3:46 pm

Stefan Fergus has written a fantastic review of Bradley Beaulieu’s The Winds of Khalakovo on his blog, Civilian Reader, he says, “In this highly imaginative and original fantasy, debut novelist Bradley Beaulieu has created something special. The author’s imagination is impressive, and the world he has created – not to mention the characters and politics [...]

Michael Swanwick talks Dancing With Bears

April 10th 2011 at 9:25 pm

Check out the recent Michael Swanwick interview over on Omnivoracious, Jeff VanderMeer’s Amazon.com blog, where he talks about his new book Dancing With Bears. With an introduction like this you don’t want to miss the interview! “Michael Swanwick has won just about every award the science fiction and fantasy field offers, including the Hugo and [...]