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City Without End: One Hell of a Novel

City without Endis to be admired and appreciated. It is to be enjoyed. City Without End is one hell of a novel. It is better than the A World Too Near,which in turn was better than…

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Enge, Sturges, Robson, Lloyd and Me

There’s a fantastic interview with Blood of Ambroseauthor James Enge over on SFScope. Conducted by Sara M. Harvey, and well-worth reading, here’s a taste:

The genesis of Morlock was, I think, frustration with two of

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Blood of Ambrose: a Cross Between Robert E. Howard, Joe Abercombie, Monty Python, HP Lovecraft, and Sam Raimi

Robert Thompson, of Fantasy Book Critic, on James Enge’s Blood of Ambrose. This is the second comparison to Joe Abercrombie in as many reviews, which is heartening to me, as it’s a similarity that I found…

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Kay Kenyon – Writing the Most Ambitious Epic

From SFRevu:

Kay Kenyon’s epic series, The Entire and the Rose, grows stronger with each new volume. This may well be the most ambitious epic science fiction series of the current decade. While clearly science fiction, the atmosphere and

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One of the Most Fascinating Scifi Series on the Market

From Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist: “With Bright of the Skyand A World Too Near,Kay Kenyon established herself as one of the most underrated science fiction authors out there. In my opinion, The Entire and the Rose is without…

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MIDWINTER: Starred Review in PW

Yeah! A Starred Review in Publishers Weekly for Matthew Sturges’ Midwinter!

Midwinter Matthew Sturges. Pyr, $15.98 paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-59102-734-8

Comic book writer Sturges (Jack of Fables) makes an impressive

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Sci Fi Wire on End of the Century:

Chris Roberson’s latest novel proves that he’s the Secret History go-to guy for the 21st century… he reveals the connections we never imagined between King Arthur and Alice

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End of the Century Rawks

From Library Journal: “The author of Here, There & Everywhere and The Voyage of Night Shining White blends high fantasy, Victorian mystery, and urban fantasy into one mesmerizing story that refreshes the Arthurian legend. “…

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FF2: An Instant Classic

Ryun Patterson, of Bookgasm, on Fast Forward 2:

…a worthy successor [to Fast Forward 1]: Anders has assembled a batch of stories that span the breadth of modern science fiction and provide a better

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Fast Forward 2: Catching the Zeitgeist

Paul Raven, of Futurismic, reviews Fast Forward 2,proclaiming it, “an excellent anthology.” He reviews each story individually, in order of its Futurismic-relevance, concluding:

 …if you wanted a good argument for buying anthologies of original short science fiction stories – or

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Who is Sam?

Sam Sykes is the author of The Aeons’ Gate trilogy, a vast and sprawling story of adventure, demons, madness and carnage.  Suspected by many to be at least tangentially related to most causes of human suffering, Sam Sykes is also a force to be reckoned with beyond literature.

At 25, Sykes is one of the younger authors to have arrived on the stage of literary fantasy.  Tome of the Undergates and Black Halo are currently published in nine countries.  He currently resides in the United States and is probably watching you read this right now.

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