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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

 		Drood by Dan Simmons, Reviewed
Simmons' successor to Arctic adventure The Terror neatly fuses narrator Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone with The Mystery of Edwin Drood, laced with mesmerism and Egyptology
Interzone 225 From TTA Press, Reviewed
Fiction from Jason Sanford, Jay Lake, Lavie Tidhar; book reviews of Gardner Dozois' Year's Best SF, Greg Egan's Oceanic; film reviews of Up, District 9 and Dorian Grey.
Joe Haldeman's Forever Free, Reviewed
References from The Book of Genesis through Exodus to Revelations hint at the true nature of this odd conclusion to a triptych that includes Forever Peace.
Nekropolis by Tim Waggoner, Reviewed
Compared to John Meaney's Bone Song, Charlie Huston's Almost Human and Mike Carey's The Devil You Know, Angry Robot's new novel owes a debt to Dungeons & Dragons.
Interzone 224 From TTA Press, Reviewed
Reviewed: Transformers 2, Ice Age 3, Harry Potter 6; Stargate Atlantis Season 5 & Dollhouse 1; Fiction by Jason Sanford, Chris Butler, Jeremiah Tolbert, Rachel Swirsky
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Contributing Articles in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction

 		H.P. Lovecraft and Modern Horror Fiction
Though H.P. Lovecraft lived in relative poverty and obscurity, his work has become one of the major foundations of present-day speculative fiction.
The Left Hand of Darkness – Gethenian Philosophy
In her award-winning novel The Left Hand of Darkness, science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin assigns a unique philosophy to the androgynous alien race of planet Gethen.
Review – Mort
Another fantasy story from Discworld with a new location and a new cast of characters including, most prominently, the incarnation of Death itself.
Kiss Me Deadly by Michele Hauf Falls Flat
In vampire Nicklaus Drake's world, vampires and witches are sworn enemies. So what is Nicklaus to do when the local witch casts a love spell on him?
"The Magicians" Realistic Fantasy Book Review
Sci Fi and Fantasy Finds: What would happen if real people actually found out magic was not fantasy, and that they perform it? Grossman elegantly gives the answer.
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