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Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction Feature Writer: Colin Harvey

Find reviews of the latest SF/ fantasy magazines such as Interzone , and new and classic Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels, from Isaac Asimov's I,Robot to Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber.

From H.G. Wells to Stephen Baxter, J.K. Rowling to Stephen King, Robert Heinlein to China Mieville and even newer talent making their debut in the bookstores, we'll look at the Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, the latest award winners, the classics and the debut titles.

Discussions on topics specific to spec-fic, from world-building to making your aliens alien, and resources at organizations like the British Fantasy Society or the Science Fiction Writers of America.

You can email me or post in the forum if there is a book, author or topic you'd like to discuss!


Feature Writer Articles in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction

The Love We Share Without Knowing, Reviewed
The author of One for Sorrow & The Language of Moths returns with elegant literary speculative fiction in the tradition of Cloud Atlas and The Yiddish Policeman's Union
J. Robert King's Angel of Death, Reviewed
Compared with Dean Koontz and John Connelly's The Lovers, this dark fantasy also shares a plot with Wim Wender's Wings of Desire, but with a very different outcome.
Interzone 226 from TTA Press, Reviewed
Fiction by Jason Sanford, Jay Lake, Rachel Swirsky & Mercurio D. Rivera; columns by David Langford and Tony Lee, and Nick Lowe reviews The Box, Planet 51 and other films
A Profile of Joe Haldeman
A tribute to one of the world's greatest living sci-fi authors, multiple award-winning author of Peace and War, Camouflage, and the Marsbound and Worlds trilogies.
Black Static Issue 14 Reviewed
Fiction from Paul Finch, Christopher Fowler, Gary McMahon, Maurice Broaddus, Roseanne Rabinowitz; column by Stephen Volk; books by Peter Tennant, DVD reviews by Tony Lee


Contributing Articles in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction

Peter and Max—A Fables Novel by Bill Willingham
Composed as a side story to Willingham's Fables comic, Peter and Max is an amazing adventure published by Vertigo in the style of classic children's stories.
Omni Magazine: Science fact and fiction
An explosion of online science fiction webzines and comics owes their existence to the granddaddy: Omni Magazine, which was published between 1978 and 1995.
Zombie Mania
The cannibal zombie is getting a new chance to horrify audiences in print. Two new releases which show off the walking dead in refreshing new circumstances.
Soulless by Gail Garriger – Book Review
Gail Garriger's first book, Soulless, introduces us to Alexia Tarabotti. Alexia is a spinster in Victorian London. She has one other small problem too. She has no soul.
Author Profile – Brian Daley
One of the first authors of Star Wars tie-in novels, Brian Daley set the standard--and some of the plot lines--for many books to follow.
Review – Escapement by Jay Lake
Investigating theology, magic, and science, Jay Lake spins a tale of hidden power and subtle intrigue with his newest novel Escapement.
Book Review – Snow by Orhan Pamuk
Nobel Winner Orhan Pamuk's Snow is a soul-searching novel about religion, politics and love
Book Review – Sleeping Beauty, Indeed
In Sleeping Beauty, Indeed, edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft, lesbian fairy tale heroines abound and hapless princes are sidelined. And not everyone lives happily ever after
After The Quake – A Review
The characters are haunted by their past, losses and betrayals, afraid of being trapped, and terrified of facing their own emptiness
Icarus at the Edge of Time by Brian Greene
Brian Greene enters the science fiction realm with an illustrated short story featuring time travel, black holes, and a young man named Icarus.
Ringworld by Larry Niven
The Ringworld is one of the greatest inventions in the history of speculative fiction. Larry Niven's novel of the same name won the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards.
New Fiction – The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Redick
Pazel has a problem. He's magically imbued with the power to learn languages so quickly that it causes seizures. As a tarboy, that can get him killed...or worse...
Review of The Crimson Sword by Eldon Thompson
Eldon Thompson starts a new fantasy series with the right ingredients, a secret sect of mages, a prince in hiding, a magic sword, and some of the most evil villains ever.
New Fantasy Books to Read in 2010
With Book 5 from Martin, the Sanderson-Jordan collaboration, Rothfuss' Day 2, Kraken by Miéville, Book 4 from JV Jones, and other new work, it's going to be a great year!
The Shannara Trilogy By Terry Brooks
The trilogy of Shannara books, written by fantasy author Terry Brooks, makes for exciting and engaging reading for readers of all ages.

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