Culinary SciFi

Lavanya Lakshminarayan is an award winning sf writer from Bangalore, India. She is also a game designer who has worked on FarmVille and Mafia Wars. Her books Ten Percent Thief, Interstellar Megachef and Interstellar Feast are available from all good bookshops and as ebooks.

Religion and fantasy

Introduction Tales of the fantastic have always been intertwined with faith religion. No doubt the genesis story in the Bible and the origins of the universe in mythologies of ancient times have inspired many a writer to come up with belief systems for the peoples of their world(s). Early fantasy writers such as Tolkien and […]

Fantasy & Faith Ep.4

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Magic, Faith and Fiction

Introduction Fantasy fiction has long been linked to the mystical, the unknown, and the extraordinary. This genre contains a unique strand of storytelling. It draws from rich cultural and spiritual traditions. This is known as Muslim fantasy fiction. Combining elements of magic, faith, and folklore, these stories explore new dimensions of the fantastical through a […]

Book Review: A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness

My rating: 4 of 5 stars An urban-fantasy about a boy, called Connor, who is trying to cope with his mother’s ever worsening cancer condition. Connor is plagued by nightmares, haunted by a monster that wants to take away what is most precious to him. Then one night, Connor wakes to find that a monster […]

Book Review: Lupa Bella by D. C. Petterson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars Set in post-WW2 Sicily, Lupa Bella features a sexy lady werewolf whose only objective in life is to protect her foster brother from the outside world; but after two thousand years without change, the world is about to come crashing in. Celeste, a young werewolf, has grown up in […]