Chaos Terminal is the rollicking sequel to Mur Lafferty’s Station Eternity—a fast-paced locked space station mystery with a fun and diverse cast.
System Collapse by Martha Wells sends Murderbot on a fast-paced mission: Spoiler-free Review
Martha Wells’ latest installment in The Murderbot Diaries comes out today, November 14 from Tor! System Collapse is a quick-paced and satisfying escapade that takes place almost immediately after the novel Network Effect leaves off.
2023 Ignyte Awards: N. E. Davenport, Nghi Vo and John Chu Among Winners
Although the virtual convention FIYAHCON has been on hiatus since 2021, one of its draws has carried on unabated: the annual Ignyte Awards. The 2023 iteration of these awards, which celebrate diverse science fiction and fantasy, took place on Saturday 21 October. The Ignytes have three novel categories, divided by age range. The category for…
Space Opera, Social Commentary and Twisted Fairy Tales Win at China’s First Hugo Awards
The winners of the 2023 Hugo Awards were announced this Saturday. A whole year’s worth of science fiction and fantasy talent as voted for by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) were duly honoured with gleaming trophies in the shape of a panda with a rocket. The winner of the Hugo Award for…
Timothy Zahn and Martha Wells Among Winners of 2023’s Rejigged Dragon Awards
The Atlanta convention Dragon Con handed out its eighth set of Dragon Awards on Sunday. Voted for by the public via an online poll, the awards have been a fixture of the annual convention since 2016 and celebrate science fiction and fantasy storytelling across a variety of media. The Best Science Fiction Novel category was…
REVIEW: IDW’s Earthdivers Dives Right In
The mission is simple. Go back in time. Kill Christopher Columbus. Save the world. Stop the harm to generations that Europeans caused. Stop two apocalypses. Easy. But at what cost? That is the question that creators Stephen Graham Jones and Davide Gianfelice explore in the new ongoing series Earthdivers.
2022 Ignyte Awards: P. Djèlí Clark, Eden Royce and Darcie Little Badger Amongst Winners
The annual Ignyte Awards, a prize handed out by FIYAHCON to celebrate diverse voices in fantasy and science fiction, saw their third iteration this Saturday.
2022 Dragon Awards: The Expanse, Dune, Star Wars, and More Take Trophies
The seventh annual Dragon Awards was held at Atlanta’s Dragon Con on Sunday, with another 15 winners being chosen from the ranks of science fiction and fantasy novels, films, TV series, comics, and games. According to official statistics, more than 7,000 fans cast their ballots in the awards, which are decided via an online poll.
2022 Hugo Award Winners Take Us To Other Worlds
Chicago became the host of the 80th World Science Fiction Convention at the start of this month, with the annual Hugo Awards handed out on Sunday. A new round of recipients, voted for by the convention membership, went home with the iconic rocket-shaped trophies to honour their contributions to the previous year’s science fiction and…
2022 Hugo Awards: A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
The sequel to Arkady Martine’s earlier Hugo-winner A Memory Called Empire, this novel returns to the realm of the interplanetary Teixcalaan Empire. A Desolation Called Peace takes place early in the reign of Her Brilliance Nineteen Adze, an emperor, faced with an encroaching threat: humanity is making first contact with aliens – and those aliens…
2022 Hugo Awards: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
In Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, Katrina Nguyen is a young transgender woman who fled her abusive parents and hopes to pursue her passion as a violinist. She meets a woman named Shizuka Satomi, who previously coached six would-be musicians to stardom – only for each one to due young, thereby earning Shizuka…
2022 Hugo Awards: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
A man wakes up to find himself in a high-tech environment but has no memory of how he got there. Through observation, he is able to piece together the basics. One, he is on board a space vessel; two, he is the sole surviving occupant, the other crew being mummified corpses. Then, bit by bit,…