Last week, SFX celebrated its 250th issue with a bumper edition publishing their 250 greatest moments in scifi, fantasy and horror, as voted by readers. Of course, this is the internet, and if there’s something the internet cannot abide, it’s publishing subjective opinion as objective fact, especially when SFX’s subjective opinion is just wrong, dammit. While […]
REVIEW: Farthing, Jo Walton
FARTHING, JO WALTON Tor, 2006 At the very top of the front cover of Farthing, above the author’s name, we read that this book is by the author of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning Among Others. Among Others is Walton’s most recent and arguably most well-known book to date, and, while I haven’t read it, […]
Why I’m backing Sunless Sea – and why you should too, even if you don’t know it yet
If you live on the internet like I do – and, let’s face it, you probably do – and you haven’t heard of Fallen London yet, well, you have a treat in store. Its recent feature on Autostraddle introduced me to what is now my favourite browser game of all time. (Move over, Neopets.) Created […]
REVIEWS: Runemarks; Runelight, Joanne Harris
RUNEMARKS, JOANNE HARRIS Doubleday, 2007 At first glance, Runemarks, the first book in what author Joanne Harris has stated she intends to become her Rune series, seems a departure from Harris’ norm. Despite her impressive back catalogue (twelve books before Runemarks’ original publication in 2007) this is her first fantasy novel*. However as I read, […]