Manhattan In Reverse by Peter F. Hamilton (published by MacMillan, out now, £7.99) Peter F. Hamilton doesn’t write much short fiction, but this collection begs the question “why not?”. Although he is famous for his giant tome-like novels, he clearly has talent for short stories too. From the initial, century spanning ‘Watching Trees Grow’ to the […]
Dan Abnett is an author whose name is synonymous with Science-Fiction and future war – be it 2000AD, Gaunt’s Ghosts, the Horus Heresy, Eisenhorn, Ravenor, Doctor Who, Torchwood… And he keeps going. His most recent book is Know No Fear (out now from the Black Library in paperback, £7.99), the nineteenth book in the ongoing […]
Guy Pearce as the enigmatic Peter Weyland. What exactly is he up to? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUxdAWrsag8 and www.weylandindustries.com With the Summer blockbuster season fast approaching, the latest piece of Hollywood viral marketing to light up the blogs and social networks of the great webtropolis is this 3-minute video, which acts as a teaser of […]
Embedded by Dan Abnett (published by Angry Robot, PB, 2012 *OUT NOW* £7.99) This is the author’s second novel for indie genre publisher Angry Robot, following on from the lauded alternate history swashbuckler, Triumff. Embedded is more akin to Abnett’s staple output of future war hijinks produced for Games Workshop’s publishing arm, the Black Library […]
Katja From The Punk Band by Simon Logan (published by ChiZine Publications, 2010, TPB, £varies, out now) Playing like a Cold War thriller with piercings, Katja From The Punk Band is author Simon Logan’s second novel, following on from Pretty Little Things To Fill Up The Void. My first inclination was to think of […]
Embassytown by China Miéville (MacMillan, 2011, HB, £17.99, out now) A criticism often levelled at science-fiction novels is that they’re full of great ideas, but short on story-telling. It’s to China Miéville’s credit, then, that no matter how outlandish the worlds, cultures and artifacts he creates in his books, they always seem to occupy a […]