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Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Masterpiece
At the end of last week, we talked about Ursula K. Le Guin’s incredibly impressive body of SF work, through the prism of the titles in our SF Masterworks series. As promised, this week, we celebrate her Fantasy: specifically, the beloved Earthsea sequence. Beginning with 1968’s A Wizard of Earthsea and continuing over another five books […]
Read MoreRIP David Hartwell
What a horrible way to start the day. As announced by Patrick Nielsen Hayden on Making Light, and subsequently reported by Locus, legendary Tor editor David Hartwell has passed away. I won’t attempt to summarise his incredible career – that is better left to Locus and The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (and, no doubt, scores […]
Read MoreGeorge Zebrowski’s Omega Point Trilogy
Time is a funny thing. We live in an era when newness seems to be everything. We devour the latest TV and films. We snap up the latest games as soon as they’re available. We queue up to be the first to own the latest smart phone. You’re either The Next Big Thing or you’re […]
Read MoreNorman Spinrad by Paul Di Filippo
Over at the excellent Locus magazine website, Paul Di Filippo has some words of praise for one of the great original and confrontational voices of the genre – and a suggestion for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America . . . Whenever discussion turns to candidates for the next SFWA Grandmaster Award, the […]
Read MoreFrom the Archives: In Praise of . . . the Locus Guide to Science Fiction Awards
You’ve probably noticed that we’ve published a lot of books over the year-and-a-half SF Gateway has been live. We’ve certainly noticed it – you don’t publish 1,800 books by more than 150 authors without becoming intimately aware of the scale of the task you’ve taken on! This is not to say it’s a chore – […]
Read MoreIn Praise of . . . The Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards
You’ve probably noticed that we’ve published a lot of books over the year-and-a-half SF Gateway has been live. We’ve certainly noticed it – you don’t publish 1,800 books by more than 150 authors without becoming intimately aware of the scale of the task you’ve taken on! This is not to say it’s a chore – […]
Read MoreHere follows an announcement from the Department of Plugging Our Books and Looking Smug At the Same Time
This was originally posted on the SFGateway blog, but we thought it was too good not to cross-post here. Last November, we exhorted you all to vote in the Locus Poll of the best SFF of the 20th and 21st centuries. The results of the poll are now in, and, rather gratifyingly, SF Gateway and […]
Read MoreLocus Poll Results
Here follows an announcement from the Department of Plugging Our Books and Looking Smug At the Same Time: Last November, we exhorted you all to vote in the Locus Poll of the best SFF of the 20th and 21st centuries. The results of the poll are now in, and, rather gratifyingly, SF Gateway and sister […]
Read MoreLocus Best SF and Fantasy List
The always excellent Locus magazine is compiling a survey of the Best SF & Fantasy of the 20th and 21st centuries. The categories are SF Novel, Fantasy Novel, SF/F Novella, SF/F Novelette and SF/F Short Story, and you – that’s right: YOU – can have your say. Go here to select your top ten novels, […]
Read MoreSeeds Of Earth – Published This Week!
So the official publication date is Thursay, March 5th, at bookstores the length and breadth of Great Britain! Avast, there, ye lubbers, and fork out the dosh! Ahem. This coming weekend I`ll be heading up da road to Glasgow to do what’s called a stock signing – this is where the author signs the copies […]
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