Archives for December 2013

SF Book Releases This Week: Dec. 31, 2013

Annihilation Point (Book 3 of The Techxorcist) by Colin F. Barnes ** Limited time special launch price. Ends Jan 1st. ** The third installment of the best-selling (#1 Cyberpunk) series. How much sacrifice should anyone have to give? Petal and Gabriel are forced to decide, as the mad, digital entity, Elliot Robertson, is determined to […]

Interview: Kim Newman

I recently had occasion to highly praise British author, Kim Newman‘s fun, postmodern take on the dracula mythos, Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard (review). Kim kindly agreed to the interview which follows. John: You said in the acknowledgements at the end of your most recent novel, Johnny Alucard, that episodes had previously been released “disguised as […]

AISFP 244 – J.L. Bourne, DAY BY DAY ARMAGEDDON

It is with my utmost pleasure to present this interview with the author who introduced me to zombie fiction, J.L. Bourne. I was going to wait until the new year to post this, but his naval officer experience and influence to his novels means many of his fans are in the military. Since some of […]

Staffer’s Book Review Book Tree Contest

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from us at Adventures in Scifi Publishing. I’ll make another post in the New Year about our podcast and website plans for 2014, but for now, I thought I’d share my entry into Staffer’s Book Review Book Tree Contest. The contest is hosted by Angry Robot Books, Justin Landon […]

Book Review: DAY ONE by Nate Kenyon

This cover sold me, appealing to my love of post-apocalyptic stories. Day One, by Nate Kenyon, begins with a man’s nightmare of losing his son to some unstoppable force, which summarizes the book’s theme well. I need to care about my main character and relate to their desires, and Kenyon’s John Hawke does both very […]

SF Book Releases This Week: Dec. 17, 2013

This week’s release batch may be small, but it is big in delivering on a long awaited sequel to Rise Again by Ben Tripp. I recently interviewed Ben over at SF Signal. Simon and Schuster Rise Again Below Zero by Ben Tripp The sequel to Rise Again, from an author who “balances kinetically choreographed scenes […]

Interview with Nate Kenyon, Author of Thriller, DAY ONE

Nate Kenyon writes thrillers, suspense and horror for Thomas Dunne Books. He also writes video game novelizations for Blizzard Entertainment in the worlds of StarCraft and Diablo. His novel, Bloodstone, was a Bram Stoker Award finalist and winner of the P&E Horror Novel of the Year. His novel, The Reach, was a Bram Stoker Award […]

AISFP 243 — Ramez Naam, CRUX Giveaway

Brent Bowen chats with Ramez Naam at the 2013 Worldcon in San Antonio. They discuss his novels Nexus and its follow-up, Crux; whether we, both individually and culturally, are equipped to adapt to a world of accelerating technological change (such as privacy matters and how we ALL are being watched by the NSA); and the […]

SF Book Releases This Week: Dec. 10, 2013

Shock Totem Ugly As Sin by James Newman (Highly recommended author of The Wicked – my review) Nick Bullman was a wrestling superstar. His alter ego, The Widowmaker, was the monster heel all the marks loved to hate. Now, after a brutal encounter with two psychotic fans left his face horribly disfigured, he’s just a monster. […]

Book Review: VIA DOLOROSA by Ronald Malfi

Via Dolorosa by Ronald Malfi PAINTER, SOLDIER, HUSBAND, GHOST Lieutenant Nick D’Nofrio is back from the war, but he is not home. The dead are on the other side of the world, but they haunt him daily. He tries to be a husband to his new wife, Emma, but he can’t connect with other people. […]