Neptune’s Brood is the latest space opera from Charles Stross, but as Stross’s work to date includes Lovecraftian spy thrillers, scheming corporate time-travel and internet-based detective fiction it’s safe to assume there’s a crossover at work here, too. This time the competing strand is… banking and fraud. I know, I know, you’re filling up with [...]
Published in 1985, Orson Scott Card’s novel Ender’s Game has been hailed as a modern classic of science-fiction writing, a reputation originally cemented by its winning both the Nebula and Hugo awards in 1985 and 1986 respectively. The book has never been out of print, and such is its reputation even beyond genre circles that [...]
In what can only be described as a coup, I am proud and chuffed to bits to present a most entertaining interview with one of my favourite writers of recent years, a certain Mr Gav Thorpe. A gentleman of legend, a veteran writer and games designer, having learned his trade at Games Workshop HQ. He [...]
On Thursday 12th September, Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling released a joint statement to announce that WB would be producing a new film set within the wizarding world of Harry Potter, and that this new film would be scripted by J.K. Rowling herself. (You can read the full press release on J.K. Rowling’s own website [...]
How many science-fiction stories are actually written by actual scientists? That is the question that came to my mind when I stumbled upon the Rome’s Revolution trilogy (comprising the books Rome’s Revolution, The Ark Lords, and Rome’s Evolution) by American author, Michael Brachman, who possesses a PhD in Sensory Science, alongside a qualification in Computer [...]
As guest selector at the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival, celebrated fantasy author Neil Gaiman was the subject of no less than four events, each celebrating a different aspect of his literary work. Geekzine’s final event of this venerable festival was the one at which he discussed his comic book masterpiece The Sandman, which originally [...]