Ursula K. Le Guin: still ruling the science fiction canon (article).
Science fiction is forever declaring new emperors. Every few years a fresh contender stomps into the throne room with a
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Curt Swan: A Life In Comics by Eddy Zeno (book review).
I came across this book, ‘Curt Swan: A Life In Comics’ by Eddy Zeno, quite by accident recently, as it
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Jon Courtenay Grimwood heads back into fantasy with John Jarrold in tow (publishing news).
Some books arrive neatly pressed, polished and ready for market. Others spend twenty years rattling chains in the attic, refusing
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Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle edited by George RR Martin (book review).
‘Wild Cards’ numbers either 32 or 33, there is a rare explanation of what this particular poker hand is. I’m
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Where The Axe Is Buried by Ray Naylor (book review).
Ray Nayler is a Canadian author who largely grew up in California and who has been publishing SF since the
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Daughter Of Crows (The Academy Of Kindness book 1) by Mark Lawrence (book review).
The three Furies punish the gods for their crimes. In the ancient past, humanity sinned so well that the Fates
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Cities Are Forests Waiting To Happen by Cécile Cristofari (book review).
Cécile Cristofari is a new author. ‘Cities Are Forests Waiting To Happen’ is her second published book following ‘Elephants In
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Worlds Of Exile And Illusion by Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz Masterworks) (book review).
Amongst the Gollancz Masterworks selection is ‘Worlds Of Exile And Illusion’ by Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018). It’s actually a
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Hal Foster: Prince Of Illustrators by Brian M. Kane (book review).
Considering how many comic book artists regarded Hal Foster (1892–1982) as a major influence on their art, when I came
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Halcyon Years by Alastair Reynolds (book review).
The idea of generation ships has been around since before at least 1918, when physicist and rocket scientist Robert H.
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