On behalf of SCI-FI-LONDON, I was lucky enough to meet Neal Asher at his Essex home to talk about his latest book, The Gabble & Other Stories, about writing and about 15 years of the Polity universe, David Fincher, Heavy Metal and the internet as a distraction from real work.
With his debut trilogy, The First Law series, already published to critical and audience acclaim, Joe Abercrombie has firmly established himself as one of the exciting new faces to watch in fantasy writing. On behalf of SCI-FI-LONDON, I was lucky enough to persuade him to take time off from putting the finishing touches to [...]
Eddy Shah has championed new technology his whole life. He revolutionised journalism by introducing desktop publishing to the UK newspaper industry, he changed TV production with Messenger TV and now he’s turning the construction industry on its head by building bigger, more affordable eco-friendly homes.
While this would be enough for most people, this force-of-nature cannot [...]
By Simon Green
Eddie Drood is from one the oldest families in England, a family that has been protecting Humanity from the forces of darkness for more centuries than anyone can even remember. In the first Eddie Drood novel, The Man With The Golden Torc, Eddie had to go to war with his family to [...]
By Adrian Tchaikovsky
At first glance there’s not much to separate Adrian Tchaikovsky’s debut novel from the thousands other fantasy novels out there. There’s a man with a sword on the front cover and a giant world map just inside and it’s about a group of mismatched adolescents led by a wise old man who [...]
By George Udenkwo
On a distant future Earth, where 95% of the planet is uninhabitable, lies the densely-packed and oppressive city of Golgotha Falls, ruled by genetically-altered beings that have the characteristics of, and are worshipped as, assorted Gods.
Here, Thor rubs shoulders with the Archangel Michael but there are other self-styled Gods, and the story revolves [...]
© SCI-FI & FANTASY BOOK REVIEWER…. Powered by WordPress using the DePo Skinny Theme.