Tchaikovsky’s City of Last Chances weaves complex family structures, pantheons, and warring factions into a gloomy, occupied city-scape – Ilmar has long been without hope, long been a city of divided beliefs and downright debauchery and crime, now occupied by the perfectionist Pals. This work wore its inspirations on its sleeves, heavily reminiscent of the Black Iron Legacy and The Last War. Immediately, I was transported back to Jia and Guerdon in these pages, but it was only a passing whiff of their scents because Ilmar itself was a blend of something in itself.
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Review: Weird Fishes by Rae Mariz
I read this incredible novella in just two sittings, I completely fell in love with Ceph and Iliokai, and I found it hard to look away from their journey. Mariz packs so much into such a small number of pages, and I think the story is completely the perfect length.
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Exploring the world of Web Novels with Royal Road
Review: The Monsters We Feed by Thomas Howard Riley
In a city that clung tenaciously to the fragile embers of hope, The Monsters We Feed is set in a brutal world of darkness and lust fueled memories.
My Top 5 Most Anticipated Books for 2023
For 2023, I decided to condense my normal list and only include books that are must reads. Books that will be read on publication day or very close to it. It was so hard to rank these books as I am ridiculously excited about every single one. I hope you enjoy this list and are […]
FFA’S MOST ANTICIPATED TITLES OF 2023
Welcome to FFA’s MOST ANTICIPATED TITLES OF 2023 listicle, brought to you by Lord TBR. Below you will find all of the titles we are looking forward to in the new year, complete with links to preorder your very own copies! (Apologies to those abroad as a majority of links are US) *This list will […]
COVER REVEAL: The Pyres of Vengeance (Swords of Dominion #2) by NC Koussis
Massive thanks to NC for allowing FFA to reveal the cover for the 2nd installment in his Swords of Dominion series, The Pyres of Vengeance (sick title, amirite????) Also, isn’t this cover FREAKING EPIC???? PREORDER HERE! Blurb BY CLAW AND TOOTH After losing everything she knew, Selene struggles to keep hope alive. Terrifying threats from […]
Author Chat: Aliette de Bodard
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and award-winning author Aliette de Bodard for a chat about her new book The Red Scholar’s Wake, books in translation, Vietnamese history and language, her Universe of Xuya series, worldbuilding, childbirth, sentient spaceships, sapphic romance, family, food as memory and much more.
COVER REVEAL: Generation Ship by Michael Mammay
Wanted to give a shoutout to Michael for allowing FFA to reveal the cover for his upcoming standalone novel, Generation Ship, hitting from Harper Voyager in August 2023. Michael is a mainstay in our science fiction roundups and is a huge part of why we love military science fiction. His Planetside series is one of […]
Review: Tales From Another Dimension by Robbie Sheerin
Synopsis How will HG Wells react when he wakes 200 years in the future on a strange planet, faced with a terrible truth? Two young brothers make a frightening discovery about their neighbours. Do robots secretly want to rule us all? A scientist goes to the extreme in order to change the future of mankind. […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 32: Robots & AI (with Daniel H. Wilson, Ada Hoffmann, Emma Mieko Candon & I. S. Lee)
Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Daniel H. Wilson, Ada Hoffmann, Emma Mieko Candon and I. S. Lee as they program the virtual realities of robots and artificial intelligence. During the panel they discuss why robots & AI are so captivating, the dialogue between science and sci-fi, humanist thinking, debates around intelligence and consciousness, transhumanism and posthumanism, creation and gods, nature vs. technology and more.
Review: A Fractured Infinity by Nathan Tavares
The big question at the heart of the book is ‘how far would you go for love’. It’s this epic multiverse-spanning sci-fi tale with a love story at its very heart. We might have machines that span infinite universes, alternate selves and some crazy science, but really the focus is on Hayes and what he’ll do to save the love of his life.