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The Expansive Futures Sci-Fi Bundle – Curated by Amy DuBoff and the SFWA

Since the early days of science fiction, authors have explored the future of humanity and what other life might be out there among the stars. From cybernetics to spaceships to
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The Old Drift Takes Twitter Announced Clarke Award

This year’s Arthur C Clarke award was announced in unusual style with last year’s winner, Tade Thompson, having the honour of tweeting the news. That’s right, the announcement was tweeted.
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Review – Ashes of the Sun – Django Wexler

Ashes of the Sun by the excellently named Django Wexler is one of the lead titles of Ad Astra, the new imprint from Head of Zeus and kicks off his
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Review – Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card

There is something about this book that manages to transcend being just a great story and manages to reach out and touch the reader. The great “classic” works of speculative
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Review – Exhalation – Ted Chiang

Reviewed by Srijani Ganguly If you’ve read ‘Story of Your Life’ or seen its film adaptation, Arrival, you’ll be well-versed with Ted Chiang’s style of science fiction. It’s filled with
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Superstructure of the Week: Ringworld

by Logan LePage Larry Niven’s Ringworld was published in 1970 and immediately became one of the standards for which to compare other superstructures to. In the story, a gargantuan ring
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Out This Week! 9th November 2020

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12th November 2020 – The Stitcher and The Mute – D.K. Fields There’s power in stories. But power comes at a price. Detective Cora Gorderheim

Out This Week! 2nd November 2020

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5th November 2020 – The Key to Fear – Kristin Cast Elodie obeys The Key. Elodie obeys the rules. Elodie trusts in the system. At

Out This Week! 26th October 2020

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29th October – The Saints of Salvation – Peter F. Hamilton Live in hiding – or die for freedom Humanity welcomed the Olyix and their

Out This Week! 12th October 2020

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15th October – Phoenix Extravagant – Yoon Ha Lee Dragons. Art. Revolution. Gyen Jebi isn’t a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint.

Out This Week! 5th October 2020

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6th October – Once Upon Another World – Anthology Not all fairy tales are as they appear. Was it actually Red who hunted the wolf?

Out This Week! Ad Astra Special!

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With the previously announced launch of the Ad Astra Imprint from House of Zeus, today we’re bringing you a very special Out This Week! feature

Out This Week! 28th September 2020

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29th September – Battle Ground – Jim Butcher Things are about to get serious for Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional Wizard, in the next entry

Out This Week! 21st September 2020

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22nd September 2020 – The Immortal Words – Jeff Wheeler To defeat an immortal evil, a young warrior must enter the land of the dead

Out This Week! 14th September 2020

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15th September 2020 – The Trouble With Peace – Joe Abercrombie Second in the AGE OF MADNESS trilogy, THE TROUBLE WITH PEACE is the next

Out This Week! 31st August 2020

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1st September 2020 – A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire – Jennifer L. Armentrout Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the