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HORIZON ZERO DAWN: THE SUNHAWK Written by Anne Toole; Artist: Ann Maulina

20/09/2022

The front cover for Horizon Zero Dawn The Sunhawk. In the foreground there is a picture of a red-haired woman called Aloy. She is looking over her shoulder out of the cover. Behind her is an outline of another woman looking up. Around the women are images from their world including machines and landscapes.

HORIZON ZERO DAWN: THE SUNHAWK Written by Anne Toole; Artist: Ann Maulina Titan Comics, s/b, £14.99 Reviewed by Matthew Johns If you’re not familiar with the world of [...]

Out Today! The Nova Incident The Galactic Cold War Book 3 by Dan Moren @dmoren from @angryrobotbooks #BookReview #scifi #espionage

26/07/2022

The front cover for The Nova Incident. The cover shows a city with a skyscraper on fire and a space station above it. The colour scheme is blue so the fire stands out.

The Nova Incident The Galactic Cold War Book 3 by Dan Moren Angry Robot, pb, £9.19 Reviewed by Sarah Deeming A terrorist attack in the Commonwealth capital city of Salaam [...]

Fundraising Anthologies

22/04/2020

We wanted to draw your attention to a couple of wonderful projects that are taking place. The first of these is Flotation Device, a charity anthology from the Glasgow SF [...]

Latest StarShipSofa and Tales To Terrify podcasts available

23/08/2012

StarShipSofa‘s latest podcast (#252) is available now with fiction from Adam Roberts along with a look at the anthology Solaris Rising: The New Solaris Book of Science [...]

Award-winning SF novelist Harry Harrison dies aged 87

15/08/2012

The BFS is sad to learn that legendary science fiction writer Harry Harrison has died at the age of 87. The award-winning author penned numerous novels throughout his career, [...]

Latest podcasts available from StarShipSofa and Tales to Terrify

09/08/2012

New audio podcasts are available from both StarShipSofa (science fiction) and Tales to Terrify (horror). StarShipSofa #250 includes fiction by Bruce Sterling, and Tales to [...]

Columbia University acquires rare Ballantine Books collection

07/08/2012

Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library has announced Betty Ballantine’s gift of a collection of books and papers relating the work of her and [...]

Chris Marker, film-maker who inspired modern sf, dies

31/07/2012

Chris Marker, the French film-maker whose short film La JetÃ©e (The Jetty) inspired several leading science fiction authors and film-makers, has died at the age of 91. His [...]

Fredric Brown is this year’s Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award winner

15/07/2012

SFScope reports that Fredric Brown has been announced as this year’s Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award winner. The Award is given to “a science fiction or [...]

New deal with Tor UK for Peter F. Hamilton

30/06/2012

In a press release from Tor UK it has been announced as follows: ‘Bella Pagan, Senior Commissioning Editor at Tor UK, has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights to two [...]