has been successful for over twenty years in writing mostly hard science fiction while many of the genre's authors have turned to fantasy to satisfy readers. Part of that success has come from looking for places that no one else was writing, and finding, or creating a gap to fill. From his early cyberpunk-esque work Hardwired and the related novels, through the complex fantastic science-fiction of the Metropolitan series and the galaxy-spanning Dread Empire books, Walter's work has consistently asked us to look at how our philosophy shapes the world we live in. Nowhere is that more true than in his latest book Implied Spaces, new this month from Nightshade.
Categories: Interview, Staff Pick, Authors, SciFi & Fantasy
is one of the acknowledged masters of crime fiction. His varied and interesting life saw him become the youngest ever inmate of San Quentin at the age of seventeen, befriend authors such as and , and influence a generation of crime fiction devotees including and . Stark, Bunker's first novel, was written in the late 1960's and discovered after Bunker's death in 2005.
Categories: Staff Pick, Mystery & Crime
A dark time in Scottish history serves as the catalyst for 's romance. In 1708, exiled James Stewart returns to Scotland to retake his throne, while in the present, bestselling author Carrie McClellend struggles with her novel, set during that same Jacobite uprising. Carrie soon finds herself sharing the memories of her ancestor, Sophia Paterson, who lived during the period.
Categories: Reviews, Staff Pick, Romance
is best known for his award-winning hard sci-fi novels, and rightly so. Sawyer has won every major prize in the field for his long-form work. However, his short fiction chops should not be ignored. Both Iterations and Other Stories and the just-released Identity Theft and Other Stories bring together a career-spanning collection of stellar short stories.
Categories: Staff Pick, SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime's debut novel The Red Wolf Conspiracy has already been compared to both 's His Dark Materials and 's The Lies of Locke Lamora. High praise indeed, but can it possibly live up to the hype?
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