FantasyCon: Join us in Glasgow in 2019
The BFS is please to announce that General Weekend tickets for FantasyCon are now on sale. We’ll be in Glasgow from the 18th to the 20th of October 2019. With Guests of [...]
We See Everything by William Sutcliffe. Review.
We See Everything by William Sutcliffe Bloomsbury, pb, £3774 reviewed by Martin Willoughby This book is at the same time fascinating and disturbing. It’s set in an [...]
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: THE IMPROBABLE PRISONER by Stuart Douglas. Book review
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: THE IMPROBABLE PRISONER by Stuart Douglas, Titan Books, p/b £7.99 Reviewed by Nigel Robert Wilson The Improbable Prisoner is one [...]
The Old Dragon’s Head by Justin Newland. Book review
The Old Dragon’s Head by Justin Newland, Troubador, £9.99, website Reviewed by Ann Mair I found this book very difficult to review. First, I was muddled by the many names [...]
BLOOD INK by Dana Fredsti. Review.
BLOOD INK by Dana Fredsti Titan, 364 page p/b, £7.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan With the exponential increase in the amount of urban fantasy and the number novels that [...]
The Death of Grass by John Christopher. Review.
The Death of Grass by John Christopher Penguin, PB, Reviewed by Martin Willoughby Written in the 1950s, this book is more relevant today than it’s ever been. The title [...]
Superman: Action Comics Volume 1: Invisible Mafia. Review
Superman: Action Comics Volume 1: Invisible Mafia Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Patrick Gleason and Yanick Paquette and Ryan Sook Colours by Alejandro Sanchez, [...]
DEFENDER By G X Todd. Review
DEFENDER By G X Todd Headline Books, s/b, £7.99 Reviewed by Matthew Johns Seven years ago, the world changed irrevocably. Much of the earth’s population was wiped out when [...]
GATES OF STONE by Angus Macallan. Review
GATES OF STONE by Angus Macallan. ACE Books. p/b. £13.99. Reviewed by Elloise Hopkins. His War-Master thinks him sloppy, lacking in discipline – something he would not [...]
ANANSI BOYS By Neil Gaiman. Book review
ANANSI BOYS By Neil Gaiman, Illustrated by Francis Vallejo, Folio Society, h/b £75.00, www.FolioSociety.com Reviewed by HT Scott Charles Nancy or ‘Fat Charlie’ is an [...]
Star Matters by David John West. Book review
Star Matters by David John West, Matador, PB, 426pp, £9.99 Reviewed by Steve Dean Those of you familiar with Matador will know immediately to expect a vanity published [...]