Science fiction and fantasy
Science Fiction and Fantasy News ArchiveListsWho Reviews What In 2013A chart of the sub-genre preferences of prominent speculative fiction book bloggers reviewing in 2013. 27th January 2013 The Best Books Of 2012 A list of some of the outstanding releases of 2012. 24th December 2012 Who Reviews What In 2012 A chart of the sub-genre preferences of a number of prominent SFF book bloggers writing reviews in 2012. 9th July 2012 The Best Books Of 2011 My choice of the best genre reading of 2011. 24th December 2011 10 Years of Warpcore SF Celebrating 10 years of blogging with a look at the best of the best from the past. 6th September 2011 Top 10 Cheerful, Bleak, Highbrow and Accessible YA Books The best books, listed according to various qualities. 7th December 2010 Top 10 Lists: Books Top rated authors and books by genre and date. 4th April 2009 A Short List of Under-Appreciated Books A list of some of some books that have slipped under the radar. 5th May 2007 The appeal of a certain writing critique website. Or, why I have neglected this blog. 4th September 2014 A List Of Highly Acclaimed SFF Books Some of these books won awards, others were nominated for significant ones. These are the best of the books I didn't get around to reviewing. 18th June 2014 Where Shall I Point This Pitchfork? Some thoughts on Jonathan Ross, Loncon, and the twitchfork mob. 3rd March 2014 Reading Is Not A Race Why I will be abandoning annual reading challenges in 2014. 1st January 2014 WFC 2013 Impressions from the World Fantasy Convention held in Brighton in 2013. 8th November 2013 What Book Discovery Is Missing The current state of book discovery is narrowing our reading choices and squeezing out midlist writers. How can it be fixed? 17th October 2013 An Explosion Of Discovery Tools New book discovery engines are popping up all over the web. But which ones will come out on top? 16th September 2013 Blog Tours From Both Sides Blog tours are the lastest marketing fad. But what are the pros and cons of this kind of publicity? 13th August 2013 Threat Of Massive Closures To Lincolnshire Libraries Lincolnshire County Council plan to shut down two thirds of Lincolnshire libraries, and to slash mobile library services. They must be stopped. 29th July 2013 An Excerpt From Along The Watchtower Read an excerpt of Along The Watchtower by David Litwack, a portal fantasy that mixes a prince struggling to save his magical kingdom and an injured veteran of the Iraq war. 24th July 2013 It's Not Your Story Any More When a book is published, authors lose control over how the story should be read. They should let go the reins and enjoy the ride. 15th July 2013 The BFS Award Nominations, And A Hiatus This is possibly the best kind of jury duty there is. 20th June 2013 Same Old, Same Old Are current methods of book discovery pushing us further away from original literature? 5th June 2013 Female Protagonists In Genre Fiction A list of recommended SFF books for adults which feature a female as the main character. 10th May 2013 On My Radar In April A look at some notable forthcoming and recently released science fiction and fantasy books. 26th April 2013 The Black Feathers Book Trailer Crows. Can they be trusted not to eat your eyeballs in this creepy post-apocalyptic book trailer? 9th April 2013 Is This The End Of Sweeping Vistas? Do recent trends in fantasy art styles and the constraints of online book discovery mark the decline of landscape cover art? 17th February 2013 FantasyCon 2012 The annual convention of the BFS at Brighton was the first convention to feature a dance-off between Joe Abercrombie and Tom Pollock. It may not be the last. 3rd October 2012 A Rising Tide Floats All Boats Authors: stop thinking of other writers as your rivals. They're not the enemy. 30th July 2012 Reviews Are Useless Without Context With so many review blogs, quick ways of understanding their authors are more important than ever. 4th July 2012 Great Scriptwriters: Sometimes Overlooked, Always Vital Sometimes it seems like the only way to get known as a scriptwriter is to do something else entirely. 3rd July 2012 The Going Rate For Fake Reviews Now you can buy your way to critical success, at least until you get caught. 12th June 2012 How To Remain An Obscure Book Blogger Fed up of all those visitors? Follow this one weird tip! 30th May 2012 The In-Between Musical A new fantasy musical concept album launches, but will Laura Tisdall get to put it on the stage? 28th March 2012 The Chainmail Bikini Has Already Been Filled Examining the scarcity of female screen roles in science fiction and fantasy. 21st March 2012 Where Are All The Women? Genre fiction is full of sassy, strong heroines used to taking the lead, isn't it? Actually, they're rarer than you think. 18th March 2012 SFF Imprints Launching Berkley UK will debut, and Elsewhen Press is to expand into print. 24th February 2012 Filthy, Icky Vampires: Disgust In Immortal Horror What role does disgust play in making horror worthy of the name? 17th February 2012 Book Bloggers See Red, But What About Green? Book bloggers, publishers, and the wastefulness of unread review copies. 17th December 2011 Spotlight on Eibonvale Press Why you should be reading more from this unconventional indie imprint. 7th December 2011 Book Trailers November 2011 Trailers from Richard Morgan, Julie Kagawa, Joseph Delaney and more. 22nd November 2011 Novacon 41 The 41st Novacon convention, held in Nottingham, featured John Meaney as Guest of Honour. 16th November 2011 Death Star Pumpkin That's no pumpkin, that's a space station. 27th October 2011 Reign of the Ancients Why the past has such a strong hold on our imaginations. 20th October 2011 Book Trailers October 2011 Trailers from Amy Garvey, Patrick Carman, Ben H. Winters and more. 4th October 2011 Book Trailers September 2011 Trailers from Max Barry, Brent Weeks, Jeaniene Frost and more. 3rd September 2011 When Book Trailers Go Wrong Some of the most awful book trailers on the internet. 6th July 2011 The Epic of Gilgamesh Why this ancient legend is ripe for reinterpretation. 18th May 2011 Lincoln Book Festival 2011 YA authors in costume, steamy paranormal romance, and eye-popping visual appeal from the 2011 Lincoln Book Festival. 14th May 2011 Eastercon 2011 Pictures from the 62nd Illustrious Eastercon at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham. 27th April 2011 A Traitor To The Sisterhood Why aren't men and women equally represented in science fiction and fantasy literature? 26th April 2011 Genre for Japan The science fiction, fantasy and horror community is rallying in support of the people of Japan hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami and its aftermath. 23rd March 2011 An Interview With John Beachem John riffs on zombies, trilogies and his plans for The Lorradda Stone, and the Dumbledore and Gandalf deathmatch in this interview. 8th January 2011 Hold That Pyre! Should we read authors we disagree with? 7th December 2010 British Fantasy Awards 2010 Pictures and results from the award ceremony of the British Fantasy Society. 20th September 2010 On Torrents Why piracy will make modern literature bland and unadventurous. 2nd June 2010 The Heady Heights of Book Reviewing Take a peek into the Headline offices, where bloggers were let loose on defenceless authors for the Headline Meets Online do on the 24th March. 26th March 2010 Warpcore SF Characters and Styles There is more than one way to look at Warpcore SF. Customise this site with your favourite character or colour scheme, 1st October 2005 Fantasy and Science Fiction Crossword A general science fiction and fantasy crossword. 4th August 2004 SF and Fantasy Crossword A general SFF crossword. 30th June 2002 |
