New Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of September 26

The end of September is already drawing near, which happened so quickly that I'm having a hard time believing it. I hear this happens as you get older-time passing quicker than it used to- and I'm not sure that I'm enjoying the experience. These days I seem to be measuring time in books and I know that the end of the month is approaching when the list of new releases is longer than usual.This week there are a number of exciting new releases including...

Blameless by Gail Carriger

* Warning: This review does contain spoilers from previous books in the series as well as a spoiler regarding how Conall and Alexia's situation is resolvedAfter the dramatic ending of Changeless in which Alexia is banished by Lord Conall Maccon for supposedly cheating on him, Alexia returns to London, to her family's home. But when news of Alexia's situation becomes public her family turns her out and Queen Victoria revokes her status as mujah.Alexia...

Guest Post Movie Review : Never Let Me Go

Today I have for you a guest post from Nadine Bonner, who attended a premier showing of Never Let Me Go and graciously wrote up a review of it for SFF Chat readers. Just be aware that this review does contain spoilers of both the movie and the book and if you have not yet read the book then you might want to hold off on reading this review.Never Let Me GoReviewed by Nadine BonnerIs it fair to compare a movie to a book? A young friend once insisted...

Free Read: Clash of the Geeks (with Unicorns, Pegasus & Kittens)

There are seems to be a lot interesting projects being launched lately by various speculative fiction authors and John Scalzi has jumped on the bandwagon, along with Wil Wheaton and several other authors, in the creation of a whimsical short story collection, inspired by a vision...From the Clash of the Geeks website: Early in 2010, author John Scalzi had a vision. And it was of himself. As an orc. And of actor and writer Wil Wheaton. As a warrior....

New Scifi & Fantasy Releases: Week of September 20

As usual, the middle of the month is a slow time for book releases though readers of YA fiction should be pleased as there are a number of new books geared to them this week. One book which I've been hearing a lot about in the blogosphere is Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier's Zombies vs. Unicorns, and that will be available on the 21st. I can't say, though, that I have any interest in reading it myself. But I wouldn't mind reading Diana Gabaldon's...