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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!

Lunar Flare, cover for Interzone 211, Artwork by Richard Marchand
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Colin Harvey

The Time Masters by Wilson Tucker

In: Alien/Space Fiction

The success of the 1970 classic The Year of The Quiet Sun clearly called for a quick follow-up, and the SFBC and Lancer Books agreed to an update of an older novel. more...

The Holy Machine by Chris Beckett

In: Utopian/Dystopian Fiction

The Holy Machine shares themes with several Beckett shorts; La Macchina from which it took its central idea, Valour, The Turing Test, Perimeter and Piccadilly Circus more...

Islington Crocodiles by Paul Meloy

In: Apocalyptic Fiction

Dying in the Arms of Jean Harlow, Black Static, The Vague and others have become cult classics among readers of Interzone and The Third Alternative. It's easy to see why. more...

Interzone 218 from TTA Press

In: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction (general)

October 2008 sees one of IZ's regular contributors featured, Charles Stross on Saturn's Children, fiction from Hannu Rajaniemi, Tim Lees, Daniel Akselrod & Lenny Royter more...

Nine Princes in Amber

In: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction (general)

Roger Zelazny's classic fantasy series was the first to bridge the gap between classics like Lord of the Rings and Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar, and the 1960s counter-culture. more...

F & SF 59th Anniversary Issue

In: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction (general)

With the October/November issue, F&SF enters its 60th Year with fiction from Stephen King, Geoff Ryman, Robert Reed, Terry Bisson, Michael Swanwick and Carole Emshwiller more...

Asimov's SF October/November 2008

In: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction (general)

Nancy Kress, Leslie What, Ian R MacLeod and Robert Reed contribute fiction, Mike Allen and Jane Yolen poetry and James Patrick Kelly and Robert Silverberg provide opinion more...

Nebula Awards Showcase 2008

In: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction (general)

Former Analog and Omni supremo Bova edits the SFWA's choices for the best stories of 2006 and picks Elizabeth Hand, Peter S. Beagle, James Patrick Kelly and others. more...

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