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I’ve recently discovered the satisfaction of pairing music with what I’m reading. Sometimes you just need the tranquility a relaxing piece of music provides to be able to chill, but when you’re able to align the music style with the tone of the book, it really does take things to another level. We’ll come backContinue reading “Can we improve our enjoyment of a book by altering our approach?”

Welcome, today is a good Sunday. And that’s because I’m not at work tomorrow. I’m actually reading about 5 books at once but I’ve done something selfish and for the first time just put everything on hold to read something nagging at me to start and that’s The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski. I thoughtContinue reading “Would You Rather? – Book Edition”

This feature is all about Artificial Intelligence, or A.I. for short. A hallmark of many sci-fi books and perhaps unnervingly at times becoming less of a purely fictional idea and within the realms of possibility. We’ll have a look at what A.I. really is, whether artificially intelligent beings should be considered as people, an interviewContinue reading “Are Friends Electric?”

Author: Alex White Narrator: Michael Braun Audiobook Length: 11h 52m Pages: 320 (Mass Market Paperback Edition) Synopsis With the failure of Hadley’s Hope, Weyland-Yutani has suffered a devastating setback–the loss of the Aliens they aggressively sought to exploit. Yet there’s a reason the Company has risen to the top of the food chain. True toContinue reading “Alien: The Cold Forge (Audiobook) – Review”

Author : J A Devenport Pages: 430 Synopsis Faced with increasing pressure from rebels, the tyrant king of Dargenn must force a war with the rival nation of Relan to unite the country behind him. To help create chaos, he turns to the most feared assassin in the world, the Raven, a man cursed byContinue reading “By Raven’s Call – Review”

The Write Hive is running ‘Fantasy May’ this month! Different contributors have the opportunity to talk about the fantasy they love without the need for the formality and structure of a normal review. When I was asked to choose my book I spent some time deliberating. There were probably 6 or 7 immediate considerations. DoContinue reading “It’s my turn for Write Hive’s Fantasy May!”

SFF Space Tour – Bonus Excursion I hope you enjoyed the SFF World Tour if you’ve been following – if not, here’s Day One. Today is a bonus trip into Outer Space – and exclusively Sci-Fi after an admittedly Fantasy heavy tour. This is a bumper itinerary of 9 destinations. The only rule; the booksContinue reading “9 Books set in Space & Other Worlds”

So today is our final day of the Spells and Spaceships SFF World Tour. I really hope you’ve enjoyed it! Today we visit Oceania and Antarctica. Despite being a continent and with its own landmass, there are nowhere near as many inspired by books for Antarctica as there are for the Arctic – certainly notContinue reading “SFF World Tour Day Seven: Oceania & Antarctica!”

Asia: the world’s largest continent. Home to a diverse range of climates, landscapes, cultures and traditions. Asian inspired fantasy is at the top of its game at the minute, and you can certainly draw some parallels between European & Asian fantasy despite notable differences. Perhaps this is because of the close proximity of the continentsContinue reading “SFF World Tour: Asia”