Interview with Author James Smythe
James Smythe was born in London and now lives in West Sussex. Since receiving a PhD from Cardiff University, he has worked as both a Creative Writing teacher and as a [...]
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BOOK REVIEW: The Legend of Ellie Quin by Alex Scarrow
REVIEW SUMMARY: An appealing, character-driven adventure in a future history that is both fun and inventive. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Nineteen year-old Ellie Quin spends [...]
Cover Art Reveal: Bradley Beaulieu’s “The Flames of Shadam Khoreh”, Book 3 of the Lays of Anuskaya
Bradley Beaulieu has emailed us the cover image for his latest, The Flames of Shadam Khoreh, Book 3 of the Lays of Anuskaya series. The artist is Aaron J. Riley. Here is [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Star Wars and History edited by Nancy R. Reagin and Janice Liedl
REVIEW SUMMARY: A unique and interesting resource when looking at history. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Science Fiction tends to be closely linked with contemporary history in [...]
Interview with Author & RPG Designer Aaron Rosenberg
Aaron Rosenberg is a prolific novelist and roleplaying game designer. His credits run from White Wolf Roleplaying Games such as Exalted and Mage to the Pete’s and Penny’s [...]
SFFWRTCHT: A Chat With Author/Editor Erin M. Evans (+ Giveaway!)
Erin M. Evans has a degree in Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis, but knowing that much about anthropods led her to stick it in box and become a writer and [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
REVIEW SUMMARY: A dark, gripping character novel. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Miriam Black knows how and when you’re going to die, just by a simple touch. When she meets [...]
REVIEW: Spin the Sky: An Orbital Odyssey by Katy Stauber
REVIEW SUMMARY: A somewhat entertaining, but incoherent novel. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Fifteen years after the Spacer War, Cesar Vaquero returns to his home station of [...]
BOOK REVIEW: The Dread Hammer by Linda Nagata
REVIEW SUMMARY: A long conflict between a great kingdom and a small, isolated people is the template and background for a story of love, family and duty. MY RATING: MY REVIEW [...]
[GUEST POST] Anderson O’Donnell on Reclaiming Dystopian Fiction
Into the Black: Reclaiming Dystopian Fiction There’s not doubt about it: Dystopian fiction is a hot literary commodity. In fact, dystopian literature seems to have [...]
BOOK GIVEAWAY: Win A Copy of ‘The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities’ Edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
Courtesy of Harper Voyager, SF Signal has 5 trade paperback copies of Ann and Jeff VanderMeer’s The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities to give away to 5 lucky [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Adrift on the Sea of Rains by Ian Sales
SYNOPSIS: From an alternate history with both a moonbase and a global thermonuclear war, a band of stranded astronauts seek a new parallel earth to escape to. MY RATING: MY [...]
REVIEW: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
REVIEW SUMMARY: A fantastic, character-driven story of alien contact. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Years after Earth is visited by an alien presence, individuals known as [...]
GUEST REVIEW: After The Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh
L.S. Bassen is a finalist for 2011 Flannery O’Connor Award; Fiction Editor for Prick of the Spindle. Reader for Electric Literature, won the 2009 APP Drama Prize & a [...]
‘The Gunslinger’: A Great Entry Point to Stephen King’s Dark Tower Series
I have a new post up over on the Kirkus Review site looking at Stephen King’s The Dark Tower-The Gunslinger: The Journey Begins, Graphic Novel from Marvel Comics. The [...]
Fun with Friends—Helen Lowe Talks with Fellow Authors from Australia and New Zealand: Today’s Guest Is Kim Falconer
I have been planning this series with John DeNardo for some time—taking the opportunity to boost the signal for friends and fellow SFF authors from Australia and New [...]
Book Review: Further: Beyond the Threshold by Chris Roberson
SYNOPSIS: The cryogentically frozen pilot of a slower than light attempt to reach the stars awakens in a startling future more than 12 millennia hence. MY RATING: MY REVIEW [...]
[Guest Post] Gail Z. Martin On What She Learned From Writing Fantasy
Gail Z. Martin, author of The Fallen Kings Cycle series (The Sworn and The Dread), unveils her sneak peek of Ice Forged, Book One in The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, coming from [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Liminal States by Zack Parsons
SYNOPSIS: Mortally wounded, Gideon Long stumbles upon a mysterious pool of water that grants him the power of immortality. Gideon’s would be murderer, Warren Groves, [...]
The SF Signal Podcast (Episode 133): Panel Discussion: Book Spoilers – How Long is the Moratorium?
In episode 132 of the Hugo Nominated SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester asks our irregulars to weigh in on: Book Spoilers – How Long is Too Long? Do some people take [...]
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