The SFcrowsnest archive
Novels, books and ebooks.
When you receive Thunderbirds: International Rescue Technical Operations Manual by Chris Thompson and Andrew Clements, a smile will appear on your face as…
During a stopover aboard his starship, al-Buraq, Captain Hûd Ramstam discovers that he has a planet’s god in his cabin. That is, if…
Words change. Sometimes it is their recognised meaning, as with ‘gay’, and sometimes their spelling. The word ‘gramyre’ evolved into ‘grammar’, although the…
Veteran horror writer Ramsey Campbell will be opening another door marked “Absolutely Do Not Enter” in 2027, when Flame Tree Press publishes his…
If you’ve followed my interest in the Wild Cards shared-world book series, then you may also have thought about looking at the individual…
This anthology is published to mark twenty years since the death of fantasy author David Gemmell, whose most famous character was Druss the…
Brain Fruit by Stephen Oram is a standalone zoefuturist science fiction novella. Zoefuturism focuses on connectedness, constant change and life-becomings rather than fixed,…
One of the most popular sub-genres of fantasy deals with the paranormal, its pages littered with witches, ghosts, vampires and the occasional zombie.…
John Brunner’s The Shockwave Rider was among the books mentioned in Vernor Vinge’s True Names. It is divided into three sections that follow…
Novelist Helen Grant has joined the John Jarrold Literary Agency with her new novel, Purslane the Witch, a tale combining malevolent magic, disappearing…
A quick spin through the opening credits of this book, True Names And The Opening Of The Cyberspace Frontier, reveals Vernor Vinge’s story…
Truth to tell, I still can’t pronounce Antikythera. However, I needed to do some research into a recognised astronomical device and thought The…
