... in features and entertainment reporting, Hutchins interviewed comic book industry icons such as Alan Moore, Will Eisner, Warren Ellis, Kevin Smith, Mark Waid and Neil Gaiman. During a 2001 controversy ...
It's widely acknowledged that Alan Moore's Watchmen is responsible for introducing a gritty realism to comic book s, in part through a more realistic depiction of violence and its consequences, but most ...
... science fiction/literary dilemma:
“It is shocking to find that an editor at the publishing house that had the wits to publish J.G. Ballard (as well as the Norton Book of Science Fiction) can be so ignorant ...
... working in a shipping warehouse in suburban Atlanta. Venditti recalled a sociology book he had read for one of his graduate school courses that depicted a study of people who played early community-type ...
... tale is presented from the perspective of the novel’s child characters, Norcliffe’s delightful prose, humour and adult insights ensure that he has written that rare children’s book , as much a joy for adults ...
Today is a great day. My copy of Avilion (signed by the man himself) arrived in the post - this is the direct sequel (in terms of timeline) to Robert Holdstock's outstanding novel, Mythago Wood. It's not ...
... houses and small presses and is open to all genres. Previous winners Colm Toibin and Claire Keegan both hail from the main stream, and this year’s short list includes Book er Prize winner Anne Enright, ...
As a fan of the The Summoner, Book One in Gail Z. Martin's fantasy series The Chronicles of the Necromancer, I was keen to get underway with the second instalment, and when all is said and done I wasn't ...
If there's a god watching over the universe in which James Murdoch wrote Gray Apocalypse, his debut novel of men in black and alien conspiracy, I suspect that god looks a lot like author Matthew Reilly ...
... Award for Best First Book (Fiction) category. The novel is also a finalist in ForeWord's Book of the Year Award, in the SFF category. Winners of the Benjamin Franklin Award will be announced on 28 May, ...
... of fantasy. I will be eagerly throwing myself into the next instalment, The Blood King, for the next stage of Tris' quest.
The Summoner is Book One of the Chronicles of the Necromancer. Book Two is The ...
Through the generosity of Mermaid Press and Dora Machado we have four signed copies of Stonewiser: The Call of the Stone to give away. Due for release in June, this is the second volume in the Stonewiser ...
... published in New Zealand in 2006, it won the 2007 Esther Glen Award and the Young Adult Fiction Category at the 2007 New Zealand Post Book Awards, and went on to ignite a bidding war in 22 countries. The ...
... as we know, corrupts: lies have entered the stones and history has been rewritten to serve the powerful. In book one, The Heart of the Stone, driven by curiosity, a passion for justice and an instinct ...
A surprisingly good read last year was Dora Machado's debut novel, Stonewiser: The Heart of the Stone. We've just learned that its sequel, Stonewiser: The Call of the Stone, is due in June and that a review ...
While on the road to promote the release of Coraline, the animated adaptation of his novella of the same name, Neil Gaiman announced this morning that his latest novel, The Graveyard Book , will also be ...
On balance it’s difficult not to recommend Nick Harkaway’s debut novel, The Gone-Away World, as its one significant flaw is outweighed by its many virtues. Here is a novel bursting with originality and ...
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You can read our review of Aronofsky's original movie The Fountain here. It received the highest rating of any movie or book we've review ed. ...
... an interview last year with UK SF Book News, Magrs explained that Brenda "began as a short story on Radio 4, almost ten years ago. The producer was creating a series of stories in which background characters ...
... and its very loose sequel Anansi Boys, and these remain my favourite Gaiman novels.
I state this up front as a measure of my reaction to his new novel, The Graveyard Book , which is best categorised ...
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