Category Archives: Book Review
A Psalm for the Wild-Built: The new novella series from Becky Chambers promises to take a new view of some classic SF ideas
Bluebird: Ciel Pierlot's debut novel is very impressive
Midnight Doorways: A collection of deeply creepy stories from Pakistan? Oh yes!
The White Room: Now there's a surprise, a new novel from Zoran Živković!
Rosebud: Paul Cornell finds hope on a very small scale
Story Matrices: Gillian Polack has thoughts on story construction
Age of Ash: A new fantasy series from one of Cheryl's favourite writers
These Lifeless Things: A very weird piece of post-apocalyptic fiction from Premee Mohamed
Bones and Stars: The new novel from Gareth L Powell is as gripping as we've come to expect
The Cuckoo Cage: History, social justice and superheroes combine in this new anthology from Comma Press
Alia Terra: An illustrated collection of stories based on Romanian folk tales
Prime Deceptions: The return of the psychic cats, and also Captain Eva Innocente
She Who Became the Sun: A book based on real history with strong gender themes? What's not to like?
Cyber Mage: Uh oh, those crazy Djinn are up to no good again. But do they understand the internet?
The Faerie Queene: It is over 400 years old, but does Spenser's epic poem have anything to say to modern fantasy?
Elder Race: Adrian Tchaikovsky channels Gene Wolfe in this clever novella
Servant Mage: In which Kate Elliott takes aim at some of the tropes of epic fantasy
Beyond the Hallowed Sky: Ken MacLeod's latest series is perfectly timed to re-ignite interest in Spaceport Glasgow
The Anthropocene Unconscious: Mark Bould demonstrates that literary criticism does not need to be dull and boring, with bonus sharknados.
The Memory Theater: The latest book from Karen Tidbeck returns to the weird world of The Gardens, and Augusta Prime is her usual, terrible self
The Necropolis Empire: Tim Pratt's latest series is a tie-in with a space opera strategy boardgame, not that you'd notice.
Deep Wheel Orcadia: Books by trans poets are all the rage these days, it seems. This one is written in the Orcadian dialect.
Spear: Nicola Griffith takes on Arthuriana. Cheryl approves.
Far From the Light of Heaven: The latest Tade Thompson novel is a murder mystery set in deep space
Upright Women Wanted: Sarah Gailey's Hugo Finalist novella suggests that in the post-apocalyptic future we will all need librarians
Light From Uncommon Stars: This SF&F debut by Ryka Aoki is one of Cheryl's favourite books of the year
The Ministry for the Future: A review of Kim Stanley Robinson's novel about resisting climate change, with bonus interview
The Past is Red: A review of Catherynne M Valente's novella, The Past is Red
A Spindle Splintered: Alix E Harrow's new novella is an imaginative take on the Sleeping Beauty story
A Fledgling Abiba: A novella about an African witch with a strange method flying
The Witness for the Dead: At last a new book set in the world of Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor
Chilling Effect: Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes is one of the finalists for this year's Arthur C Clarke Award
In the Watchful City: A strange and lyrical novella from S. Qiouyi Lu
Ife-Iyoku: A look at the winner of this year's Otherwise Award
Light Chaser: Two science fiction greats, one novella of epic scope
Occasional Views: The latest issue of Samuel R Delany's collected non-fiction has quite a bit to say about racism in the field
A Strange and Brilliant Light: A review of Eli Lee's debut novel, A Strange and Brilliant Light
William Blake vs The World: A review of John Higgs' recent biography of William Blake
Riot Baby: A review of Tochi Onyebuchi's Hugo Finalist novella, Riot Baby.
Worlds Apart: Cheryl has a new book out. Lots of other people are in it too.