I’ve got another review over at SFRevu. This time it’s ?The Japanese Devil Fish Girl and Other Unnatural Attractions by Robert Rankin. I had some nice things to say about it too: Rankin is great at pacing and placing set pieces to amuse you. Not everything works but writing funny is hard and you have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gollancz’
SSM Review (Repost): A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris (Gollancz)
This post was originally posted in Oct 2009 Collection: A Touch of Dead Author: Charlaine Harris Publisher: Gollancz Release Date: Out Now in HB or August in pb The things I knew about Sookie Stackhouse before reading A Touch of Deadcould have just about managed to fill the back of a postage stamp. I knew that [...]
BSFA Best Novel 2010 Nominee: Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
Title: Yellow Blue Tibia Author: Adam Roberts Pages: 336 Genre: Science Fiction Standalone/Series: Standalone Release: Hardback out now / MMPB out 13 May Publisher: Gollancz Synopsis Russia, 1946, the Nazis recently defeated. Stalin gathers half a dozen of the top Soviet science fiction authors in a dacha in the countryside somewhere. Convinced that the defeat [...]
BSFA Best Novel 2010 Nominee: Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin (Gollancz)
Title: Lavinia Author: Ursula Le Guin Pages: 304 Genre: Historical Fantasy Standalone/Series: Standalone Release: Out now in Hardback Publisher: Gollancz Synopsis ‘Like Spartan Helen, I caused a war. She caused hers by letting men who wanted her take her. I caused mine because I wouldn’t be given, wouldn’t be taken, but chose my man and [...]
Green Review: Destroyer of Worlds by Mark Chadbourn
CONTAINS SPOILERS Title: Destroyer of Worlds Author: Mark Chadbourn Pages: 336 Genre: Fantasy Standalone/Series: Kingdom of the Serpent: Book 3 (and the end of a trilogy of trilogies – The Age of Misrule, The Dark Age and Kingdom of the Serpent) Release: Out Now in Paperback Publisher: Gollancz Synopsis It is the beginning of the [...]
In Celebration: Reviews of Mythago Wood and Avilion by Robert Holdstock RIP 1948-2009
This my first dual review. I was offered the chance to review Avilion by The Book Smugglers (where this review originally appeared). I always try to start at the beginning when possible so I thought I’d review both Mythago Wood, that’s considered a classic and the sequel that comes after a twenty-five year wait. The [...]
Catching up: Signings, books, books and books
I was in London on Thursday as Forbidden Planet had another of their mega signings bringing together five Gollancz authors: David Devereux, Paul McAuley, Justina Robson, Adam Roberts, Chris Wooding all there signing their new books. Strangely I only spoke to Adam Roberts and Chris Wooding. I was too shy to speak to Paul McAuley [...]
Review: A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris (Gollancz)
The things I knew about Sookie Stackhouse before reading A Touch of Dead could have just about managed to fill the back of a postage stamp. I knew that it was the basis for the TV series TrueBlood. I knew that the books themselves are very popular and that they had vampires in them. I [...]
Spotlight/New Additions: McGann, Carey, Palmer, McAuley, Harris, Williams
These are the lovely books that have arrived at NextReading Rooms. Excluding Stairway to Hell, only The Wisdom of Dead Men actually arrived by post. I’m blaming the postal strikes. Really frustrating as two copies of The Naming of the Beasts are disappeared into depot pile limbo! I was lucky to get smuggled Red Claw, [...]
Report: Gollancz Autumn Party
Being on the other side of the country in the beautiful principality of Wales has a few disadvantages when it comes to books, all the major book publishers are based in London. This makes attending book-related events a bit of a challenge. But when I do get to go I always come away thinking ‘wow.’ [...]
