"In this reviewer’s opinion, this is the must-read fantasy of the year."
—Bookpage
Read the first three chapters .
- January 25th, 2008
Philip Palmer (who is not as malevolent in person as this photo suggests) stopped in at the Book Swede’s blog to talk about Arthur C. Clarke’s famed observation on magic and technology.
Philip’s debut novel just got a…
- January 24th, 2008
The shortlist for the 2007 BSFA Awards has recently been announced, and we’re absolutely delighted to see Ken MacLeod’s wonderful The Execution Channel in the running for the Best Novel.
Fighting has spread across the Middle East
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- January 22nd, 2008
We’ve been getting some great advance reviews for Iain M. Banks’ Matter. In this weekend’s Scotland on Sunday, Stuart Kelly says:
If I said this novel was a searing inquiry into justified warfare and the dangers of
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- January 22nd, 2008
Iain M. Banks will be reading and signing copies of his new book, Matter, the last week in February. Get your tickets now!
City Books
When: Monday 25 February, 6:30pm
Where: The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove
- January 21st, 2008
And so is Charles Stross!
The 2007 SciFiNow awards have been announced in the latest issue. As you might have guessed from the title of this post, Charles Stross and Halting State, his latest novel, have…
- January 18th, 2008
Tad Williams just relaunched his website over at www.tadwilliams.com!
Check it out to read his blog, visit the message board and learn more about his writing, including his latest novel, Shadowplay, which Orbit UK is publishing in paperback…
- January 18th, 2008
We’re delighted to announce that the UK’s bestselling SFF debut of 2007 was Karen Miller’s The Innocent Mage. It was a great year for new authors, but it was clear from the start that The Innocent Mage…
- January 16th, 2008
Congratulations to Sue Guttridge from Dorset and Rob Davies from Massachusetts, our winners in the competition for a free advance copy of Matter (UK | US ) by Iain M. Banks.
Thanks to everyone who entered!
- January 15th, 2008
It’s only a …er… matter of weeks before Matter arrives in bookstores. The first Culture novel since Look to Windward, Matter is one of…
- January 15th, 2008
Over at Scifi Wire, Kevin J. Anderson talks about the Saga of Seven Suns (along with some of our favorite things):
“The Saga of Seven Suns pulls together everything I love about the genre: alien races, galactic
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