ReviewFantasy
Last Of The First: 26 (Saga Of Recluce book 26) by L.E. Modesitt (book review).
Don’t start here, but don’t read the other twenty-five books first. While Last Of The First is Book 26 of the Saga Of…
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Eamonn Murphy
Eamonn Murphy has published over seventy stories in small-press magazines and collected them into affordable volumes for posterity. They are available at all good eBook retailers and libraries. In his spare time, he writes reviews for sfcrowsnest. See website: eamonnmurphywriter.com
September 2026
August 2026
ReviewFantasy
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater (book review).
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater is a historical novel with elements of magical realism that fit it, just about, into the fantasy genre.…
July 2026
ReviewFantasy
The Iron Code: Stories In Honour Of David Gemmell edited by Ian Whates (book review).
This anthology is published to mark twenty years since the death of fantasy author David Gemmell, whose most famous character was Druss the…
ReviewHorror
The Queen by Nick Cutter (book review).
I read The Queen in mid-July, just as the first wasps began to appear in southern England, a good time for insect horror.…
ReviewScifi
These Broken Little Words (Polestars 13) by E.M. Faulds (book review).
When I was offered These Broken Little Worlds for review, I checked my computer banks and found that I had enjoyed two stories…
June 2026
ReviewScifi
Metro 2035 by Dimitri Glukhovsy (book review).
Metro 2035 is the third book in a series about forty thousand survivors of a nuclear war who live and work underground in…
ReviewScifi
Metro 2034 (book 2 of 3) by Dimitri Glukhovsky (book review).
How do you stop the spread of an incurable disease in a closed underground world that may contain the last survivors of the…
May 2026
ReviewScifi
Metro 2033 (book 1 of 3) by Dimitri Glukhovsy (book review).
Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky is a post-apocalyptic science fiction horror thriller set within the Moscow Metro system that will, one hopes, put…
ReviewScifi
Early Del Rey by Lester Del Rey (book review).
The Early Del Rey is another substantial volume in Doubleday’s series collecting the formative works of Golden Age science fiction writers, complete with…
ReviewScifi
Woman Alive by Susan Ertz (book review).
In Woman Alive, Doctor Selwyn, a man, is mentally transported from 1935 to 1985, where he inhabits the consciousness of his future self…
April 2026
ReviewBooks
Twin Lotuses by Zhang Xiaoyu (graphic novel review).
In China, twin lotus flowers symbolise love, commitment and enduring happiness. They are also symbols of brotherhood and deep affection between siblings. These…
ReviewFantasy
The Falling Sky: The Talmont Trilogy book 3 by David Hair (book review).
Can six sexy swordspeople and sorcerers save the Talmont Empire from the apocalypse planned by its founder? That’s the big question in The…