Archive for the ‘Science Fiction’ Category
Friday Reads: The City and the Stars
Gollancz Team: Marcus - April 26th, 2013
Friday Reads, Masterworks, Science Fiction, SF Gateway
Every so often, when I know I’ve got a bit of time to kill and don’t want to do any ‘work’ reading, I grab an SF Masterwork off the shelf in the office and give it a go. (A shelf full of SF Masterworks is one of the best things about working at Gollancz). Normally I pick something almost at random, but I do try and make sure it’s something I haven’t read before. This week, though, I was … More
Tags: Arthur C. Clarke, Friday Reads, SF Gateway, SF Masterworks, The City and the Stars
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What We’re Watching: DREDD
Gollancz Team: Marcus - April 24th, 2013
Film Reviews, Films, Science Fiction
So I watched DREDD again last night, having seen it in the cinema originally (in 3D). I’m probably biased, as I read loads of 2000AD in my youth (and am enjoying picking up the graphic novels now, although I haven’t read the weekly comic in years and years), but I really enjoyed it. It’s impossible to catch the ethos of Dredd in one film, as there are too many possible tones to cover – biting satire, gritty violence, political spoofery, … More
Tags: Dredd, What We're Watching
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Titanic 101: The Ghost from the Grand Banks
Gollancz Team: Darren - April 15th, 2013
News, Other, Science Fiction, Seasonal Posts, SF Gateway
It was 101 years ago today that the one of the greatest – certainly the most famous – of all maritime disasters occurred: the sinking of the RMS Titanic. With a hull containing sixteen separate airtight compartments, causing some to refer to it as ‘unsinkable’, the Titanic struck an iceberg south of Newfoundland and sank, five days into its maiden voyage, resulting in the loss of over 1,500 lives.
The Titanic has fascinated explorers, historians and writers … More
Tags: Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction, SF Gateway, The Ghosts from the Grand Banks, Titanic
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A Q&A with Michael Marshall
Gollancz Team: Jen - March 11th, 2013
Interview, Science Fiction
Michael Marshall (Smith) has long had passionate fanbase here in Gollancz towers, both for his award-winning horror / sci-fi (such as One of Us) and critically-acclaimed thrillers (like The Straw Men) and it’s our pleasure to be publishing his new book We Are Here a fantastic mystery that plays on our view of the world around us and follows a strange group who live in the cracks of our perception.
Here’s the blurb:
It should have been the … More
Tags: Michael Marshall, Michael Marshall Smith, One of Us, SF Book Reviews, The Straw Men, We Are Here
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