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Halcyon Years and Other Sabbatical Reading

By John Folk-Williams

Halcyon Years

Before I get to Halcyon Years and other SFF reading during my sabbatical, I’ll say a few words about other books I’ve been into. One of the pleasures of time off has been reading outside of genre as well as picking up just about anything that catches my eye. I spent a lot of time […]

Filed Under: SciFi Mystery-Thriller, Space Opera Tagged With: Alastair Reynolds, artificial intelligence, Gareth L. Powell, historical fiction, magic, power, spaceships, Ursula K. Le Guin

Menewood by Nicola Griffith

By John Folk-Williams

Menewood by Nicola Griffith

As Nicola Griffith, author of Menewood, second in her Hild series, said in a recent interview, she expects to be writing about this seventh century British saint (the abbess of Whitby in her later years) for the rest of her life. The character of Hild she has created through 20 years of research is unforgettably […]

Filed Under: Great Series Read Project, Historical Fantasy Tagged With: historical fiction, language, nature, Nicola Griffith, power, primal Britain, religion, war

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Something is struggling to be born in this damaged and inspiring world, and I believe science fiction and its speculative cousins are helping us figure out what it is. It’s pushing the imaginations of fiction writers to bend and twist familiar forms to try to capture the forces that are hurling us into a barely conceivable future. This blog is my small way of exploring the half-perceived … Read More about About

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