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Self-Published Book Review: Carnifex by D. P. Prior
The self-published book review is back! As you may remember, I went on a hiatus while I worked on a new project. Now that the open reading period for Mysterion is over, I can focus my reading time on...
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The Public Life of Sherlock Holmes: The Stuff That Dreams are Made of
Last week marked the 86th anniversary of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon in book form. It had been serialized the year before in the pages of Black Mask Magazine. Hammett gets my vote for best...
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New Treasures: Front Lines by Michael Grant
Michael Grant is the author of over 150 books, many co-written with his wife Katherine. He’s the New York Times bestselling author of Gone and Messenger of Fear. His latest novel, Front Lines, is a...
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February 2016 Asimov’s Science Fiction Now on Sale
In her editorial in the latest issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction, Sheila Williams explains why SF often gets a bad rap for predicting the future. As I write this, I am awash in the flood of published...
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In the Wake Of Sister Blue: Chapter Ten
Linked below, you’ll find the tenth installment of a brand-new serialized novel, In the Wake Of Sister Blue. The struggle for control over Vagen continues under the cover of darkness, with plenty of...
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The Power That Preserves by Stephen R. Donaldson
And so we come to the end of the First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever (follow the links to read my reviews of the previous two books, Lord Foul’s Bane and The Illearth War). While not an...
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Vintage Treasures: The Early Fantasy Novels of Nancy Kress
Nancy Kress is one of the finest science fiction writers we have. She’s won the Nebula Award six times, the Hugo twice, and the John W. Campbell Award. Her novels include the acclaimed Sleepless...
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Future Treasures: Haunts of Horror, edited by David A. Sutton
Come on, who doesn’t love a haunted house story? I know I do. So I was very pleased to stumble on David A. Sutton’s upcoming anthology Haunts of Horror, which contains six novellas that explore the...
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Fool’s Assassin: How Robin Hobb Writes Lyrical Fantasy Without Being Boring
This is a dissection, not a review, and it’s full of (slightly obfuscated) spoilers. If you’re looking for a review of Robin Hobb’s Fool’s Assassin, please go away. This is a dissection, not a review,...
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John Dee, Scholar and Magician
Dee owned many books on astronomy. In the notes he wrote in the margins of this one, he discussed the two lunar eclipses he saw in 1556 and 1566. When a comet appeared in 1577, Queen Elizabeth asked...
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Thomas M. Disch on the Best Science Fiction of 1979
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction has put some delightful old content on their website for those who care to look, and earlier this month I came across their reprint of Thomas M. Disch’s...
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New Treasures: Broken Hero by Jonathan Wood
Horror and comedy are a tough mix — but it can be a great combo when done right. Jonathan Wood seems to have the touch… his debut novel No Hero, the first book in the Arthur Wallace series, was called...
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Clarkesworld 113 Now Available
Neil Clarke makes a pretty big announcement in his editorial this issue. It’s time to give up the day job. My family and I are trying to work out how to make that happen, but we need help to do so. If...
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Get Free Pathfinder Tales Audiobook (by Feb. 16)
Of all the books I’ve reviewed for Black Gate, definitely two of my favorites have been the Pathfinder Tales novels by James L. Sutter, Death’s Heretic and The Redemption Engine. I’m not alone, of...
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The Great Pulp Gathering: That Time Jack Williamson, L. Sprague de Camp,...
From time to time I’ve posted in various places material I acquired at an auction many years ago from the estate of Jack Darrow. In the 1930’s, Darrow (whose real name was Clifford Kornoelje) was...
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