March 10th is nigh – which means it’s time to submit your nominations for the 2015 Hugo Awards! The Hugo Awards are among the most prestigious speculative fiction accolades, and its winners are announced each year at the World…
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“What if they aren’t the solution at all, but the problem? What if they caused it? What if he caused it?” Title: Sweet Tooth: Animal Armies Written by Jeff Lemire Genre: Apocalypse, Dystopia, Comics, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! Thea takes over this week with a review of a highly anticipated book, dystopian YA speculative fiction novel City of Savages by Lee Kelly. A…
In which we showcase the cover of a new slipstream fantasy from Elizabeth Hand. Today we are thrilled to unveil the cover, synopsis and first chapter excerpt of a new short novel by Elizabeth Hand – a slipstream fantasy/horror…
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Old School Wednesdays: Greenwitch (The Dark is Rising Sequence #3) by Susan Cooper
Ana has been reading The Dark Is Rising Sequence for the past few months. Today, she tackles book 3, Greenwitch Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of…
SFF in Conversation is a 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 (moderated)…
A dystopian-style novel with a reality television twist, The Vault of Dreamers is solid, enjoyable YA speculative fiction. Title: The Vault of Dreamers Written by Caragh M. O’Brien Genre: Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Roaring Brook Press…
Hello everyone and a Happy Sunday to all! Let’s get down to business. Giveaway winners: The winner of the Bibliophile collection print is: SABRINA The winner of a copy of The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence, plus an original character sketch…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! This week, Thea is over at Kirkus talking about a novella follow-up to This Is Not A Test by Courtney Summers (one of her Top…
