The Jericho River: A Novel About the History of Western Civilization is a novel from David W. Tollen that’s won a whole bunch of awards (London Book Festival, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, et al) and which should appeal to RPG fans. The novel sets about presenting history as an adventure story. The Jericho River […]
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Competition: The Relic Guild
Last year we posted a fee audio clip from Edward Cox’s The Relic Guild and now you’ve a chance to win a copy of the book. Cox’s debut novel follows Clara as she tries to stay alive, keeping her magical abilities hidden, in a dangerous city where the use of magic is punishable by death. […]
Doubles up on gigantic: A review of Shipstar
Shipstar is the follow on to Larry Niven and Gregory Benford’s Bowl of Heaven. Unusually for a sequel, it’s a much better book. The action picks up in the aftermath of Bowl of Heaven and the humans are in deep trouble. They’ve found this gigantic spaceship-thing built around a star and have learn the hard […]
Deadly power struggles: A review of The Boy Who Wept Blood
The Boy Who Wept Blood is the sequel to Den Patrick’s The Boy with the Porcelain Blade. I really enjoyed most of Porcelain Blade; with some of the flashbacks as the exception, they felt like a bit like filler when I really wanted to get on with the action. The Boy Who Wept Blood has […]
A Look Inside: Tales of Tamriel – Book II: The Lore
Bethesda Softworks and Titan Books are bringing out a second book to help unlock the lore of the The Elder Scrolls Online. Tales of Tamriel – Vol. II: The Lore scoops up the in-game texts you can find as you play, combines it with exclusive artwork, and produces a mythology for fans. The Lore will […]
Competition: Win Elementary – The Ghost Line
Fan of CBS’ Sherlock remake? Elementary stars Jonny Lee Miller as a contemporary Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Doctor Joan Watson. Sherlock’s had to relocate to Manhattan and Joan has been asigned to him as a sober living companion. She’s supposed to be keeping him steady but instead the pair end up on the […]
What’s more dangerous? Belief or bullets: A review of Slow Bullets
Slow Bullets is a novella from Alastair Reynolds. The sci-fi is set at a time where humanity has expanded to very many planets but split into two. A war rages between the Central Planets and the ones of the Periphery. The government uses a device embedded into its soldiers and people to record their identity […]
Forbidden Judge Dredd episodes to see print again
“The Cursed Earth” was the first epic length Judge Dredd storyline. It was published in 1978 and the full series has never seen the light of day again. Why not? Some episodes featured parodies of iconic corporate powers; Burger King, Ronald McDonald, the Michelin Man and even the Jolly Green Giant. Punches were not pulled. […]
Competition: Johnny Alucard
Kim Newman was way ahead of the curve when it came to re-inventing historical stories with supernatural and fictional characters woven in. His vampire series imagines what it would be like if Dracula had succeeded in taking over England and if Jack the Ripper was a vampire hunter. Johnny Alucard is the fourth book in […]
Huge, hard sci-fi: A review of Bowl of Heaven
Bowl of Heaven is a combined project from sci-fi faves Larry Niven and Gregory Benford. I’m in the interesting position of having read both Bowl of Heaven and the followup Shipstar based on recommendations for the latter of the two. Bowl of Heaven is harder to get into and ends in such a way that […]
