SFF in Conversation is a new monthly feature on The Book Smugglers in which we invite guests to talk about a variety of topics important to speculative fiction fans, authors, and readers. Our vision is to create a safe…
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Progressive Publishers Doing Cool Things: Open Road Media
Learn, Grow, Improve: Progressive Publishers Doing Cool Things is a monthly feature at The Book Smugglers, in which we spotlight new ventures, content creators and publishers that are doing awesome things – awesome, defined as something smart, admirable, and…
Title: Viral Nation Author: Shaunta Grimes Genre: Apocalypse, Dystopia, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Berkley Trade Publication Date: July 2013 Paperback: 320 Pages After a virus claimed nearly the entire global population, the world changed. The United States…
Title: Exodus Author: Paul Antony Jones Genre: Apocalypse, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Publisher: 47North (Amazon Publishing) Publication Date: June 2013 Paperback: 292 Pages Reporter Emily Baxter survived the alien red rain that blanketed and annihilated the human race.…
Itβs Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea is list-making, pairing blockbuster movies of the summer with bookish counterparts. Go HERE to get the full post!…
Title: Terra Author: Mitch Benn Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Gollancz Publication date: July 18 2013 Hardcover: 272 pages A science fiction fable for the young-at-heart from stand-up comedian and satirical song-writer Mitch Benn. No-one trusts humanity. No-one…
Itβs Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews SciFi The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill Go HERE to get the full post!…
Today, we are thrilled to do something a little bit different. We’ve got not one, but a whole set of smugglerific covers to reveal. The title is Countdown City by Ben Winters, sequel to 2013 Edgar Award-winning science fiction…
Old School Wednesdays Joint Review: Dreamhunter/Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Jack Glass by Adam Roberts (Gollancz, July 2012, 373 pages) Jack Glass is an impossible book. +++ Iβve had this on my radar ever since it came out but it wasnβt until it won the British Science Fiction Award…