Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (Tor, £9.99, out now) This is so much fun: a zombie-steampunk tale of disaster and rescue that moves the wild west to a walled-off Seattle that is drowning in a mysterious zombie-creating gas. There’s a strong pair of lead characters, a great supporting cast of villains, heroes and airship captains with […]
I read the online Guardian review of the new Conan movie yesterday and had a wee smirk to myself. Marcus Nispel’s film did not, as I expected, get a good review. I haven’t seen it yet but I am looking forward to it. Let us be honest, now; it will not be up for […]
Weaveworld by Clive Barker (HarperVoyager, £7.99, out now) Stunning. Incredible. I’d go on but you get the idea. This is quite simply one of the best books I think I have ever read. Fanboy gushing aside, you don’t get to read many of those, I think it’s safe to agree. This title is over twenty […]
Terry Practhett portrait by Darren McNaney, freelance illustrator, animator & digital effects artist. Geekzine Editor Andy Jamieson interviewed Sir Terry Pratchett by phone in September 2010, on the eve of the promotional tour for ‘I Shall Wear Midnight’: This has to go down as probably one of the happiest, most nerve-wracking moments of my life, […]
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday, PB, £6.99, out now) Tiffany Aching’s fourth outing presents the intrepid young witch with her most sinister challenge yet; to see off the malicious spirit of a long-dead witch hunter, simply known as the Cunning Man. He ghosts through the populace of Tiffany’s homeland of the Chalk, […]
The Search For WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi (Simon & Schuster, PB, due out September 2011, £6.99) This is one of the most original books I’ve read in some time. You may know of Tony DiTerlizzi as being one of the co-creators, and illustrator, of The Spiderwick Chronicles. I’m a fan of that series but I […]