Posts Tagged ‘SF Gateway’
Happy Birthday, Stephen Donaldson
Gollancz Team: 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
Tags: Fantasy, Happy Birthday, SF Gateway, Stephen Donaldson, The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
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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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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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SF Masterwork of the Week: Slow River
Gollancz Team: Darren - February 26th, 2013
Masterworks
The hand I had dipped in the river was drying. It itched. I rubbed the web between my thumb and forefinger, the scar there. Tomorrow, if all went well, if Ruth would help me one last time, a tadpole-sized implant would be placed under the scar. And I would become someone else. Again. Only this time I hoped it would be permanent. Next time I dipped my hand in the river it would be as someone … More
Tags: Nicola Griffith, SF Gateway, SF Masterworks
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