Star Trek into Darkness – talking points (no spoilers)
Gollancz Author: Charlie - May 15th, 2013
Film Reviews
Last week saw the release of Star Trek ‘we couldn’t come up with a decent title for this film’. I went to see it on the weekend and here’s some brief thoughts (with no spoilers for those who haven’t seen it yet).
- I thought it was very good. Not Avengers-good, but still highly enjoyable.
- Two good Star Trek films in a row. Surely a first?
- The interplay between the characters, especially Kirk, Spock and McCoy, is great, probably the best … More
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The John W. Campbell Award Nominations
Gollancz Author: Simon - May 14th, 2013
Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds, M. John Harrison
And the Gollancz nominations for the John W. Campbell Award are…
Tags: Adam Roberts, Alastair Reynolds, Blue Remember Hills, Empty Space, Jack Glass, John W. Campbell Award, M. John Harrison, Science Fiction, The Fractal Prince
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Happy Birthday, Stephen Donaldson
Gollancz Author: Darren - May 13th, 2013
Fantasy, News
Thanks to the all-seeing eye of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, and its indispensable On This Day function, we see that today is Stephen R. Donaldson‘s birthday.
As I’m sure we all know, Stephen Donaldson burst onto the scene in 1977 with his extraordinary debut trilogy, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. It was an astonishingly assured and – let’s not deny it – bleak trilogy, that seemed intent … More
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Friday Reads: Dead Ever After
Gollancz Author: Jen - May 10th, 2013
Charlaine Harris, Friday Reads
This week’s Friday Read is Dead Ever After, the final novel in Charlie Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series, which came out this week. Through their tears at saying goodbye to Sookie, Gillian and Jen have managed to give you a Friday Read…
Tags: Bill Compton, Bon Temps, Charlaine Harris, Dead Ever After, Eric, final Sookie Stackhouse, Friday Read, Friday Reads, Sookie Stackhouse, True Blood
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Read this book with the lights on: NOS4R2
Gollancz Author: Jen - May 9th, 2013
Books of the month, Horror
Our May book of the month is NOS4R2. This book is terrifying. Don’t believe us. . . let Gillian Redfearn tell you a little more about it.
Some books are too scary to read even with the lights on. Some are too scary to read even when you’re surrounded by people in the middle of the day.
This book gave me nightmares.
This book still makes me shiver when I see a Rolls Royce.
This book will under your skin, into your mind, and once it’s there it will never leave.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
And whatever you do, don’t get in the car . . .
We did warn you. It’s a very good thing that the days are getting longer, because you’ll need all the daylight you can get to read this book. Next week we’ll be bringing you a very special extract read by Joe Hill himself.
See you then!
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