There’s a viral tweet that says (I precis) that the person doesn’t rate a book on how well written it is – they rate it based on things like: – whether it made them cry – whether they read it in a short time – whether they became obsessed with a character All of those are perfectly good things to…

I actually saw this news a few days ago from the Associated Press (and picked up by a bunch of other outlets like the San Francisco Chronicle and ABC News), but I didn’t have time to post about it. Anyway, Farilane hit the Top 10 Bestselling Audible Books for the week of June 12th! Robin and I would like to…

Image: Penguin Random House Although Witchers are best known for drinking various potions to help them fight the various monsters they hunt down, they still need to eat. But chances are they’re eating whatever’s available in some dingy tavern, buying whatever they can with whatever coin they managed to get for their services—as opposed to the items found in the…

Everyone loves a good villain: the scheming mastermind, the taunting bully, the monster under the bed. However, real world evil often stems not from one individual, but from a long line of people making small, selfish decisions. In his upcoming thriller Project Namahana, John Teschner casts a corporation as his antagonist and asks the question, can a person make evil choices…

Greetings true believers! Ech. I remember back in the beforetimes. I remember the long long ago when I refused to resort to gratuitous Exclamation Marks. And yet here we are. I fought the tide and fell before the waves. Now I’m like the rest of the plebeians, promiscuous with my punctuation to the point of profligacy. As I finally begin…

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October, October by Katya Balen, illustrated by Angela Harding (Bloomsbury) has won the 2022 Carnegie Medal for best children’s book. Balen’s previous work includes Maggie and the Moonbird (Bloomsbury). The shortlist featured a number of authors and works of genre interest. The awards are presented by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). The winners were announced in…

The Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association (CSFFA) announced three inductees to the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame for 2022: Julie E. Czerneda, Ed Greenwood, and Hayden Trenholm. The inductees were selected from a group of twelve nominees. Hall of Fame inductees are usually honored during the Aurora Awards ceremony, which is scheduled as an online event…

Elmer Kelton’s Hewey Calloway, one of the best-loved cowboys in all of Western fiction, returns in this novel of his middling years, as he looks for work—but not too much work—in 1904 West Texas. Hewey Calloway is heading north to Colorado, on a horse drive for an old friend, Alvin Lawdermilk, when he gets word that one of his hired…

By Julia Bergen From Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Sands of Dune is a brand new novel in the internationally bestselling Dune series. Take this quiz to determine with which great house of the Dune universe you align! Will you stand for House Atreides or fly your flag for House Harkonnen? Are You an Atreides or…

 Hey all, Robin here. Our thanks to the 259 people who signed up for the drawing to win a copy of the Farilane Audiobook.  The winners are: Suzanne from New York Ella from Arizona Russell from New Jersey Each of you has been sent a download code to redeem your copy.  Check your email for the subject: Congratulations, you one an…