Prequel Power: Terry Brooks on First King of Shannara
Bestselling author Terry Brooks reveals the background to First King of [...]
Rob’s Life: a Profile of Robert McCammon
By Matt Williams ‘My key word is hope; I think there’s hope in any situation.’ (Robert McCammon in Fear, Nov/Dec 1988, p.27) The Kings, the Herberts, the [...]
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
John Clute interviewed by David J. Howe. On April 3 1997, Little Brown published a book which was possibly the most important Fantasy work to see print since Tolkien first [...]
The Purple Cloud, by M.P. Shiel
Reviewed by Jeff Gardiner Tartarus Press have done us all a favour by reprinting Shiel’s acknowledged fin-de-siecle masterpiece The Purple Cloud (1901). This [...]
The Sound of White Ants, by Brian Howell
Reviewed by by Nels Stanley Okay, one thing you should know, that I’m going to get out of the way before this review gets underway: if you’re the sort of reader [...]
Out Of Mind, by Sam Hayes
Reviewed by Steve Dean This novel isn’t genre fiction in any way, although there is some exploration of the boundaries between reality and imagination, nor is it the [...]
Miss Hargreaves, by Frank Baker
Reviewed by Jeff Gardiner This is a repackaging of a novel first published in 1940 by lesser-known author Frank Baker. To be honest it’s a disappointment and [...]
Moon Beaver, by Andrew Hook
Reviewed by Nels Stanley This is the new novel from Elastic Press impresario and British small press mainstay Andrew Hook, a man who puts the ‘What the f**k was [...]
Jesse Jameson and the Curse of Caldazar, by Sean Wright
Review by Steve Dean Jesse Jameson is a fairy. No, I’m not name calling, it’s true. This is book three in the series, aimed at children eight years old and up. I [...]
Showcase Presents Legion of Super-Heroes, Vol. 2
Review by Stephen Theaker This volume collects adventures of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the early to mid-sixties, many of them written by Edmond [...]