"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
~ Douglas Adams
"Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."
~ Dr. Suess
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."
~ Anton Chekhov
Fantasy and Science Fiction have always been two of my absolute favourite genres. There is nothing quite like immersing yourself in the intricate and beautiful worlds created by your favourite author. As a Bookseller I have always told my customers that some of my best friends while growing up were books, and it is very […]
When Jonathan Swift‘s infamous novel Gulliver’s Travels was published in 1726 it enjoyed instant popularity. During the last hundred years, it has evolved into various feature films including more than one animated version. For years Gulliver’s Travels has been enjoyed by children as a children’s book and it is easy to recognise its appeal. Gulliver […]
Most people wouldn’t consider themselves science-fiction or fantasy fans, but the winners of the SFX Awards would suggest otherwise. While these shows and writers aren’t all as mainstream as the Oscar nominees, there are still some very big names in sci-fi/fantasy that are winning over new fans who might not considered mutants or time travellers […]
On 21 November 2011, Anne Inez McCaffrey passed away at her home in Ireland. The world of Fantasy will never be the same. Anne McCaffrey brought us the worlds of Pern, and the dragons that lived therein and an entire generation of readers will mourn her passing. io9.com had this to say: Anne McCaffrey wasn’t […]
Best known for her Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris has just announced a deal with Ace Books to create a graphic novel trilogy called Cemetery Girl. Cemetery Girl is a paranormal/fantasy mystery novel about a teenage girl with amnesia living alone in a cemetery. It is Harris’ first effort at creating an original graphic novel […]
About the Book: Set in a Johannesburg not unlike our own, the novel features Zinzi December, an underclass tough-chick with a witty mouth, a sloth on her back who pulls 419 scams for a living. She also occasionally finds lost things, for a fee of course. When she is hired to do her least favourite […]
