Cirsova Magazine has been a fan-favorite for science fiction and fantasy ever since many discovered it via its nomination for the Hugo Awards years ago. Offering something different, a return to action-adventure pulp, it’s the perfect magazine for the Iron Age for reading. Their Spring Issue #18 just dropped on Friday, and here’s what readers […]
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Brandon Sanderson Crushes Crowdfunding Again With New Words Of Radiance Leatherbound Edition For His Stormlight Archives Series
Brandon Sanderson broke the minds of many in the publishing industry two years ago with a secret novel campaign on Kickstarter for four books, which raised over $41 million on the site from more than 185,000 backers. Now, he’s back in the crowdfunding game, showing that his work has staying power through a BackerKit sale […]
“People want a good story that doesn’t treat them like a sucker or a fool”: Blake Carpenter Indie Author Interview
Hello! I’m Katie Roome from Periapsis Press, and I am very excited to share with you an interview I did last week with indie author Blake Carpenter. The occasion is the release of a new cover for his book Deathbringer–a Gaslamp fantasy tale of necromancy and revenge, and the first in the Spellswords Saga. I […]
DOOMSDAY RECON: A Five Star Military Fantasy by Ryan Williamson & Jason Anspach
Readers hungry for something different on the bookshelf are often left wanting. Between the deluge of bloated, lackluster romance masquerading as YA fantasy, mass re-printings of Brandon Sanderson and George RR Martin, and cozy reads with no stakes, it is no secret that modern-day Tradpub is a wasteland that has lost the zest for innovation […]
Netflix Avatar: The Last Airbender Episode One Review: How Not To Game Of Thrones
While watching Netflix Avatar: The Last Airbender episode one, it’s hard not to be consistently reminded of the showrunner Albert Kim stating that the show needed to make an appeal to Game of Thrones fans. That the series needed to be more mature and adult. And this ideology plagues all of the first episode. To […]
Action Packed Fairytale Retelling: Clara and the Nutcracker Review
This standalone adventure is an action-packed take on the classic German story that inspired the Christmas ballet
George R.R. Martin Blames “Toxicity” In Fandom And Trump Supporters For His Inability To Complete Game Of Thrones
No one is more notorious for being unable to finish his work than George R.R. Martin with his Game of Thrones novels. Fans have been waiting for years for him to complete the series, even after the T.V. show had its ending, but George R.R. Martin seems to want to do anything and everything other […]
What Indie Sci-Fi And Fantasy Book Authors Should You Keep an Eye on in 2024?
Political correctness and ideological proselytizing have become a ball and chain for traditional sci-fi and fantasy book publishing. Just look at Tor.com retitling as “Reactor” to avoid association with the publishing house that established the brand, bad author behaviors such as review bombing, and degenerate conduct in the larger sci-fi and fantasy communities. Things are […]
5 Authors You May Never Have Heard Of And Should Support For Christmas!
It’s presents time. For yourself for your reading edification, and also for your friends and family. While I really want you to buy my book for every single person you know and then have them do the same for every person they know… there are other deserving authors out there of whom I am a […]
Final Fantasy XV First Impressions
I don’t play video games. It hurts my wrists and I can’t type a bunch and play in the same day. Causes my tendonitis to flare up badly, and then I can’t write. So I’ll repeat, I don’t play video games. Except for Final Fantasy.
