“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.”
Adrian Tchaikovsky is an acclaimed British science fiction and fantasy author. Best known for his Children of Time series and the Shadows of the Apt fantasy series. His stories often incorporate biology, evolution, and amazing world-building. Adrian has a dedicated following in both Science Fiction and Fantasy and on a personal note is a really…
Richie Billing is the debut author of Pariah’s Lament and runs the Fantasy Writers Toolshed, a podcast on all your favorite platforms. He also puts these on his youtube channel. On March 22nd 2025 he will be publishing his new novella Together We Rise. This novella is a political fantasy inspired by the struggles we…
Miles Cameron is the pen name of Christian Cameron, a Canadian novelist. He earned an honors BA in Medieval History from the University of Rochester in 1987. Following his studies, Cameron served as an air intelligence officer in the United States Navy, After his military career, Cameron transitioned to writing full-time. Under the pseudonym Miles…
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Neal Asher is a British science fiction writer, best known for his Polity Universe series. While many of the books can be enjoyed as standalones or mini-series, there is an overarching journey that ties them together, so I’m reading them in order. In Brass Man, Ian Cormac—a legendary Earth Central Security agent and the James…
We have started a new year, and I have made a list in my library of books I want to read this year. I have no doubt it will change, as I have already added one. I was at a meetup with some BFS people, and I was recommended a Science Fiction book: Artifact Space…
It’s been a busy month leading up to Xmas and then the day itself, and I haven’t gotten as much reading done as I would like. I need to start posting more in here as it keeps me engaged. I set myself a Goodreads goal of reading 35 books this year and I managed this….
As the nights grow longer and the air turns dark, wet, and cold, it’s unmistakably that time of year again. Winter is on the horizon, and Christmas isn’t far behind. For me, this season always calls for one tradition: an annual re-read of The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. I first discovered this book…
Tad Williams is a renowned American fantasy and science fiction author, best known for his Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series, which has influenced many modern fantasy writers, including George R.R. Martin. His other major works include Otherland, a science fiction series exploring virtual reality, and Shadowmarch, an epic fantasy. Williams’ is known for intricate world-building,…
David Green is a Fantasy writer known for his character-driven fantasy and urban fantasy noir novels. His works include the Empire of Ruin series, a dark fantasy, and the Hell in Haven series, which follows a noir-style detective in a supernatural setting. Originally from the northwest of England, David now resides in Ireland, His works…
Adrian Tchaikovsky is an acclaimed British science fiction and fantasy author. Best known for his Children of Time series and the Shadows of the Apt fantasy series. His stories often incorporate biology, evolution and amazing world-building. Children of Time (2015) won the Arthur C Clarke Award. Adrian has a dedicated following in both Science Fiction…
