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DUNCAN LAY The Bridge of Swords; JENNIFER FALLON The Dark Divide. Reviewed by...
Celtic and Japanese cultures give visual and emotional charge to two recent fantasy novels. There is much richness and complexity …Continue reading »
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LIZ JENSEN The Uninvited
Do we need to be afraid? Liz Jensen’s vision of the near future is terrifying. The Uninvited is a near-future …Continue reading »
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CHINA MIÉVILLE Railsea. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
China Miéville continues to give a poetic and intelligent edge to the fantasy genre. This new book is an absolute …Continue reading »
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NEAL STEPHENSON Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing. Reviewed by Matthias...
This book of essays and stories adds new perspective to Stephenson’s interests and plot devices. Reviewing a collection of essays …Continue reading »
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HUGH HOWEY Wool. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
Inventive and page-turning, this dystopian tale turns on a society’s clash of values. This is the kind of science fiction …Continue reading »
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KATE FORSYTH The Wild Girl. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
Kate Forsyth’s new novel takes us beneath and beyond the fairytales of the Brothers Grimm. This novel offers the reader …Continue reading »
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ROBIN HOBB Blood of Dragons: Book Four of the Rain Wild Chronicles. Reviewed...
Inscrutable dragons and a mysterious city: the final volume of Robin Hobb’s latest series ties up the loose ends and …Continue reading »
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LAUREN BEUKES The Shining Girls. Reviewed by Jean Bedford
This intriguing and original time-travelling thriller is not for the faint-hearted. Lauren Beukes is known for her genre-bending. Her first …Continue reading »
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DUNCAN LAY Valley of Shields: Empire of Bones Two. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
This fast-paced epic fantasy has plenty of Machiavellian twists and poses some deeper questions. Book Two of Duncan Lay’s Empire …Continue reading »
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M JOHN HARRISON Light: Book One of the Kefahuchi Tract. Reviewed by Keith...
Hallucinatory, worldly and entertaining science fiction with a lot to say about the human condition. Michael Kearny is a particle …Continue reading »
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EMMA NEWMAN Any Other Name: Book Two of The Split Worlds. Reviewed by Folly...
Mirrored worlds of urban and traditional fantasy meet in this richly intriguing and inventive series. In all good fantasy it …Continue reading »
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MAX BARRY Lexicon. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson
This is fiction on the edge of the now – a contemporary thriller that moves backwards and forwards in time. Wil …Continue reading »
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TERRY PRATCHETT and STEPHEN BAXTER The Long War. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
Humans, trolls, bad governments and parallel worlds: Pratchett and Baxter offer a rich cast of characters and provocative ideas in …Continue reading »
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SAMANTHA SHANNON The Bone Season. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
The Bone Season offers a parallel future of clairvoyants and alien races in a complex and vibrant thriller. This is …Continue reading »
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HUGH HOWEY Dust. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
A huge and occasionally chaotic canvas does not diminish the achievement of this dystopian trilogy. Dust is the long-awaited conclusion …Continue reading »
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STEPHEN BAXTER Proxima. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson
Alien technology, interplanetary travel, Artificial Intelligence and the origin of the universe are among the many ideas explored in this …Continue reading »
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JO SPURRIER Black Sun Light My Way: Children of the Black Sun, Book Two....
The second volume of this epic fantasy is a clever and engrossing tale exploring cruelty, enslavement, magic and power. In …Continue reading »
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ANDREW MACRAE Trucksong. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson
This debut is a fresh – and refreshing – addition to the tradition of Australian dystopian fiction. Oh, and there’s trucks. Post-apocalyptic dystopian stories have been popular for a long time now and...
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TERRY PRATCHETT Raising Steam. Reviewed by Folly Gleeson
This new novel is an exuberant celebration of the endlessly changing Discworld. In Raising Steam, Terry Pratchett’s 40th book set on the Discworld, Ankh-Morpork, the most exciting and vibrant – but...
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ANN LECKIE Ancillary Justice. Reviewed by Keith Stevenson
Immersive, layered and compelling: this standout science fiction debut rewards persistence. Ancillary Justice, the debut novel from American author Ann Leckie, has been garnering a fair bit of buzz...
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