Blood Song: Book 1 of Raven’s Shadow by Anthony Ryan
I’ve been reading a lot of fantasy recently as I am, like thousands of others, writing a fantasy novel. Fantasy was one of my favourite genres throughout my teens (science … Read More
Category: Books
The Dancers at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock
Where to begin? The unique, bizarre, satirical novel, The Dancers at the End of Time is an experience that is hard to categorise or even explain. Set millions of years … Read More
Game of Thrones Season 4: A Foreshadowing
In case you are into Game of Thrones and are up to date with the show, here is a treat to get you salivating about Season 4. If you aren’t … Read More
Dust by Hugh Howey
Dust is the final part of the Wool trilogy. Don’t read this without having read Wool and Shift first. Obviously. It’s a trilogy. Dust follows on from the end of the … Read More
Game of Thrones Season 4 Trailer
Game of Thrones season four is on its way and I am very excited. I think this is mostly going to be book 3 part two and there are, predictably, … Read More
Shift by Hugh Howey
Shift by Hugh Howey is the second book in the Silo series. The first one was Wool. Both are brilliant. Shift is actually a prequel that establishes how the whole … Read More
Awesome chart showing sizes of Science fiction spaceships
I’m not sure why I put “Scifi” in the title there. A comparison of our human space vehicles would be frankly pretty sad. But I found this fantastic. If you … Read More
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
I’m a huge Vonnegut fan. I’m an even bigger Douglas Adams fan. So when Mrs Scifiward read The Sirens of Titan and asked me why I hadn’t read it if … Read More
Ender’s Game – boycott or not?
The new trailer for Ender’s Game is here and it looks bloody epic and brilliant (see bottom of page if you can’t be bothered to read all that follows). Literally … Read More
Australia, Morocco, and Thailand. Three True Travel Stories
I have an exciting new book! It is called ‘Australia, Morocco, and Thailand. Three True Travel Stories’. While it is technically nothing to do with Science Fiction, I was reading … Read More