Reading Science Fiction, Fantasy and Crime
To celebrate the launch of The World House by Guy Adams Angry Robot has come up with a great idea for competition. All you need to do is:
Write a short story about ANY subject you like. The only rule is that it has to be 13 sentences long. The first word of the first sentence [...]
Neal Asher has an amazing imagination combined with a strong understanding of science and its potentials for evolution. Or at least that’s the impression that I’m left with after reading the tales that make up The Gabble and Other Stories.
I’m really excited to have 5 paperback copies of The Gabble and Other Stories up [...]
Thanks to everyone who entered to win a copy of A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris.
The two lucky winners are:
Danielle Graves
Roslyn Marshall
Congratulations!
Thanks to everyone who entered to win a copy of The Naming of the Beasts
Here are the three lucky winners.
Alison Maclean
Russell Turner
Tara O’Connor
Congratulations.
And don’t forget you can still enter to win a copy of A Touch of Dead by Charlaine ‘True Blood’ Harris. Ends 2 Nov 09.
A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
Published by Gollancz
Out 29th October 2009 in Hardback
Bestselling author Charlaine Harris has re-imagined the supernatural world with her “spunky” (Tampa Tribune) Southern Vampire novels starring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Now, for the first time, here is every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written-together in one volume.
Stories include “Fairy Dust,” [...]
The Naming of the Beasts by Mike Carey
Published by Orbit and Out Now in Paperback
They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but if you ask Castor he’ll tell you there’s quite a bit of arrogance and reckless stupidity lining the streets as well. And he should know. There’s only so many [...]
Well twitter has conspired against me slightly so when I was trying to make my final choice today I couldn’t go back and double check but I do have a winner. For making me laugh out load:
why does the washing machine only ever eat 1 sock? surely 2 would be more filling? :/
Surely [...]
As this is Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy week I’m running a competition to win books one to five of the trilogy in five parts. They are really lovely especially with the new introductions I can’t wait to read Neil Gaiman’s and lovely archive material in the back.
So you’re entering to win:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide [...]
A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of meeting Mike Carey in Forbidden Planet in London. At the same time as getting my edition of The Devil You Know signed. I thought it would be an a good idea to get a copy of Thicker Than Water signed as a competition prize and [...]
I’m quite excited to announce the winner of the first competition here on NextRead.
To celebrate the relaunch of the Tolkien Store I had a copy of Tales Of The Perilous Realm by J.R.R Tolkien signed by Alan Lee to give away and the winner chosen totally at random was:
Liz from My Favourite Books
Well done Liz [...]
Submissions: Open
Theme: Science Fiction Combined with Myth
Deadline: 14th April 2010
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Destroyer of Worlds by Mark Chadbourn
Florence & Giles by John Harding
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
The Preacher by Camilla Läckberg
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