Solo: a Star Wars Story (2018) Rated PG-13 Directed by: Ron Howard Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you seen this movie? I managed to get to my first summer blockbuster. I parked my car in a scrap of …
SF Reader – Q&A with Robert Beatty, author of Willa of the Wood and the Serafina Book Series 1. What inspires your writing the most? I’m the father of three girls, so I enjoy writing stories for them and with them about brave and unusual girls with heroic hearts. In the …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Putnam Published: 2018 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Dacre Stoker is a real-life descendant of Bram Stoker, the great-grandnephew of the author who penned Dracula, the book the introduced us to Count Dracula, arguable one of the most famous horror icons …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Amazon Published: 2018 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? It’s been a while since we read the last book in the Vorkosigan Saga, Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen–see my review here–which didn’t feature much about Miles or Ekaterina, so I was …
Genre: Sword and Sorcery Publisher: Ace Published: 1977 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? I was in my closet the other day when, out of the corner of my eye, I spied a stack of my old D&D books, and by old, I mean old, as in Advanced-Edition-1980’s-high-school-Dungeons-and-Dragons-club …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Titan Publishing Published: 2018 Reviewer Rating: 4.5 Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? Clade, by James Bradley, is a science fiction novel which might turn out to be a literary novel when his very accurate predictions most likely come true. The novel is …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2018 (2004) Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? Fresh off my read of Dragon Precinct and eager for more Danthres and Torin adventures, I cracked open Unicorn Precinct. Like its predecessor, Unicorn Precinct was previously published and has …
VIZ MEDIA’S HAIKASORU SCIENCE FICTION IMPRINT RELEASES TOBI HIROTAKA’S THE THOUSAND YEAR BEACH An Idyllic World Inhabited By A.I. Beings Faces Extinction From Malevolent Invaders San Francisco, CA, May 22, 2018 – VIZ Media’s Haikasoru science fiction imprint delivers a new literary release with the publication of THE THOUSAND YEAR …
Master fantasy novelist Robert Jackson Bennett, who has just been named a finalist for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Series and the 2018 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. He’s is at it again with the first book in a series that will top everything he’s done before. With …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2018 (2004) Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? Dragon Precinct was originally published in 2004. I’m glad to see a re-release and push of these fun stories. The blurb on DeCandido’s first original novel (he has written …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I read the first book, The King’s Peace, in this superb series the Christmas before last–and it has taken far too long to track down this second book in this wonderful retelling of the …
Genre: Science Fantasy Publisher: Darkwater Syndicate Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Roadkill on the flipside is billed as the fourth book in the Warrensburg Trilogy, so that lets you know you’re in for some ironic fun right from the start. My lack …
Don’t miss the highly anticipated first book in the new series set in the world of Serafina from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Beatty: WILLA OF THE WOOD (On Sale July 10, 2018), a riveting mystery about a young nightspirit torn between the day world and her forest …
A gritty, irreverent fantasy debut for fans of The Lord of the Rings, Sons of Anarchy, Dungeons & Dragons, and World of Warcraft Jonathan French’s debut novel, THE GREY BASTARDS (Crown; on sale June 19, 2018), is a raucous, blood-soaked adventure that approaches the epic fantasy genre from an entirely new angle. Originally self-published, it won …
This is copied from a post in the /r/writing subreddit over at Reddit. All credit to the author /u/publishwide. I was inspired by u/CancerDuck868‘s post here, and I thought I’d add something that I’ve learned over the years vis-a-vis avoiding overwriting. NB: This list isn’t the end-all, be-all of overwriting errors. But these are among …
Genre: Science Fantasy Publisher: Darkwater Syndicate Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? A Moon Called Sun, by Christopher F. Cobb, blends a fun mix of time travel, history, alien abduction, and interstellar war. If that sounds like a tall task, it is, but Cobb …
“Packing an emotional punch, this meditation on the agency of these women is heartbreaking and intricately layered.” –Kirkus Reviews Before there was Harry and Meghan, or Kate and Will, there was Henry and Katharine. And Henry and Anne. And Henry and Jane… and well, you get the point. The love …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Kristell Ink, Grimbold Books Published: 2003 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? This cool cover caught my eye a while ago, and as Rydill is also a Grimbold author, I added it to my Kindle. And there it stayed for far too long …
LINCOLN PEIRCE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BIG NATE SERIES, TO PUBLISH NEW ILLUSTRATED MIDDLE-GRADE NOVEL WITH CROWN BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS MAX AND THE MIDKNIGHTS to be published January 8, 2019 “Max is epic fun!” —Jeff Kinney, New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series “Fantastic! I loved …
Genre: Mixed Genre Anthology Publisher: Pink Narcissus Press Published: 2018 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? The Ramshead Algorithm, by K.J. Kabza, is an anthology eleven fantasy/science fiction stories. Kabza’s favorite topic seems to be altered states, the different consciousness experiences individuals have, from …
