Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
It looks not so long since I’ve done April’s post, but, thanks to the lockdown, I’ve been reading a lot, so I’m ready for another round. Infected by Scott Sigler. This author is a recent discovery (I’ve featured him last…
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People who follow this blog already know how much I could possibly love manga (and anime). However, one friend just made me realise I’ve never properly talked about one of my favourites, albeit I’ve often mentioned it: Kentaro Miura’s Berserk….
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read• Open to a random page• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page• BE…
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I am thrilled to have Nadia Gerassimenko here this month to present her amazing Moonchild Magazine, one of the best new venues for short literary fiction and poetry. Nadia was so kind to answer a few questions for us. Who…
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I am thrilled to have L.L. Madrid here this month to present her amazing Speculative 66, one of the best venues for microfiction (I have listed a few of them recently here). Leigh was so kind to answer a few questions…
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It is always interesting to read good non-fiction books about SFF&H, and when it happens to be an informed reflection on a genre as complex as fantasy, it’s definitively a treat. This is the case of latest AJ Dalton’s non-fiction…
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*Mild Spoilers alert: I won’t give away many details here, but if you haven’t seen the movie yet, you may want to skip this one for the time being. I have heard many things about the latest instalment of Star…
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It doesn’t happen often that I review a self-published book – not because I have anything against indie authors, but just because my time for reviewing is so limited that I need to stick to the novels I really want…
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This is a post in the series re: speculative fiction podcasts, and the third interview for “Seven Questions with your favourite SFF podcast editors” (for the others, see this). This week I feature Gary Dowell, editor of Far-Fetched Fables – one…
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (2010) is a fantasy novel by N. K. Jemisin, and the first book of The Inheritance Trilogy. Complex, at times dark and always fascinating, it describes fantastic cities and different races of humans and gods. Recommended…
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