Fantasy With a Hint of Asian Spices
What would a world without Amazon be like? Following on from a hearing on allegations of tax evasion by Amazon, Google and Starbucks, led by a committee of MPs in Britain, there have been calls for people in the UK to boycott all of the above. I’ve heard fierce debates on radio between critics, who […]
Read More A World Without Amazon?What Amazon’s review cull means to me.
Read More What Amazon’s review cull means to meHollowland is the first in what is probably going to be a trilogy that takes on the now tired zombie apocalypse sub-genre. If the author’s name sounds familiar, its because Amanda Hocking (amandahocking.blogspot.co.uk)is a member of a very small group of authors who has become a millionaire through self-publishing her writing, which is no mean […]
Read More Book Review: Hollowland by Amanda HockingDead Streets by Tim Waggoner My rating: 4 of 5 stars Do you find any of the following scary? 1. Vampires 2. Werewolves 3. Ghosts 4. Zombies 5. Monsters 6. Demons If the answer to any of the above is yes, then wait till you get a load of the mean streets of Nekroplis. If […]
Read More Halloween Special: Dead Streets by Tim WaggonerThe Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF by Kevin J. Anderson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Put together an eclectic collection of Nebula award-winning short stories and novelettes, as well as a full length novella selected by Kevin J Anderson and you know you’re in for a treat. Each story is distinct in its […]
Read More Review: The Mammoth Book of Nebula SFSo the word is out that a dude in China, Mo Yan, aged 57 has been selected for the Nobel Prize for literature. His writing is described as a blending of magic realism and social realism. That’s literary terms for weird stuff that is confusing and therefore good, or which us popular fiction types call […]
Read More Nobel Prizes and Other NewsConan the Cimmerian continues to capture the imaginations of readers 80 years after Robert Ervin Howard penned the first Conan story, The Phoenix on the Sword, in 1932. Since then, the iconic character of Conan has graced magazines, books, comic books, cartoons, television serials, video games and the big screen. This particular tome contains all […]
Read More Review: Conan the Cimmerian“With the scope of Tolkien, the intimacy of Philip Pullman, and the grit of Richard K. Morgan, Noor Jahangir has written a compelling and deliciously dark fantasy for contemporary readers.” Jason Sizemore, Hugo and Stoker Award-nominated editor, owner of Apex Publications. Follow Jason Sizemore through his blog http://jason-sizemore.com/
Read More Praise from on high!!!Originally posted on Fabulous Realms:
What is it that makes barbarian characters so popular and appealing? The original barbarians – the Huns, the Goths, the Gauls, the Saxons, Jutes and Picts etc – were history’s Hell’s Angels, credited with nothing less than bringing about the fall of western civilisation and the onset of the Dark…
Perfection Unleashed by Jade Kerrion My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you enjoyed watching Alphas and Heroes, or you’re into comic books, then chances are you will enjoy this.Perfection Unleashed follows the story of a group of superhumans, set in an alternate reality were mutants, clones and human derivatives are struggling to find acceptance […]
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