Who’ll follow 2013 winner Chris Beckett ? (opens in new tab) The shortlist for the 2014 Arthur C Clarke Award for the best science fiction novel of the year 2014 have just been announced. The books in contention are: God’s War by Kameron Hurley (Del Rey) The Disestablishment of Paradise …
Read More »Arthur C Clarke Award receives record number of submissions
The full submission list is revealed for the prestigious science fiction prize The organisers of the Arthur C Clarke Award have revealed the line-up of books submitted for consideration to win the 2014 award. A total of 121 eligible books were put forward by 42 separate publishing imprints, the most …
Read More »New Gerry Anderson Project Announced
Gemini Force One i s a brand new project from the late TV creator (opens in new tab) A month or so back, we reported news of a mysterious project on the official Gerry Anderson Facebook page . Now we finally know what Gemini Force One is. GF1 is a …
Read More »Chris Beckett Wins Arthur C Clarke Award
Chris Beckett’s Dark Eden was yesterday named the best science fiction novel of the year at the Arthur C Clarke Award 2013 . (opens in new tab) The judging panel named Beckett , who follows in the illustrious footsteps of Margaret Atwood, Christopher Priest and China Miéville, as the 27 …
Read More »Gone Game Goes Online Plus: New Trailer For Light
To celebrate the publication of Light , the sixth and final book in Michael Grant’s bestselling Gone series, Egmont Press has created an online game, Gone Online , based on the books which you can play NOW ! Gone Online can be played at www.gone-online.com over a six week period. …
Read More »Doctor Whos First E-Book Exclusive, Inspired By “The Angels Take Manhattan”
Here’s an intriguingly different Doctor Who spin-off book… but extreme spoilerphobes may wish to avoid this article until after Saturday… (opens in new tab) BBC Books have announced the release of a new Doctor Who ebook, The Angel’s Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery, which purports to be written by a …
Read More »The Gathering Dark: Book Trailer
The Shadow Fold, a swathe of impenetrable darkness, crawling with monsters that feast on human flesh, is slowly destroying the once-great nation of Ravka. Alina, a pale, lonely orphan, discovers a unique power that thrusts her into the lavish world of the kingdom’s magical elite – the Grisha. Could she …
Read More »Free Fiction! For A Limited Period
(opens in new tab) Fancy a free ebook to browse over the Easter break? Anarchy Books is offering its anthology, V ivisepulture – with stories by authors such as Guy N Smith ( Night of the Crabs , Sabat , The Sucking Pit ), Neal Asher ( Prador Moon , …
Read More »Sam Stones Double Triumph At Fantasy Awards
SFX Weekender 3 guests wins Best Novel and Best Short Fiction awards
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