The SFcrowsnest archive
Science fiction, fantasy, horror and steampunk.
I have to confess that when I was offered this book, ‘The History Of Science Fiction’, I was paying more attention to the…
Reading about ‘We’, it was originally released in 1921 by Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884-1937) and centred on a dystopia and got promptly…
Steffan Dekkard is a security aide to Councillor Obreduur of the Craft Party in the state of Guldoran. He lives in the Councillor’s…
‘Welcome To The Greenhouse’ is an anthology edited by Gordon Van Gelder. He asked 16 writers ‘who speculate about the future to consider…
‘Fleet Of Knives’ is book two in the ‘Embers Of War’ series by Gareth L. Powell. As this is a review for the…
‘Project Hail Mary’ is the third standalone Science Fiction novel by Andy Weir and the second one I’ve personally read. Ryland Grace wakes…
I do think that there should be more books like ‘Putting The Science In Fiction’ about. Not just covering the sciences, but popular…
The choice of first, second or third person for the narration of story influences the way the plot can be allowed to develop.…
‘Acorna’s Triumph’ is part of a series of science fantasy novels started as a collaboration between Anne McCaffrey and, originally, Margaret Ball. From…
‘Rockman’ subtitled ‘The Beginning’ is a post-apocalypse fantasy novel by Mark Pickvet. This author seems to have published quite a few books but…
Sometimes you can learn more about a book by its sub-title. With Robert Bly’s book, ‘The Science In Science Fiction’, its ‘83 SF…
With the success of ‘Escape Room’ last year, it shouldn’t be hard to see a sequel. Actually, two versions of ‘Escape Room 2’.…
