Steve Donoghue’s posts from the original Open Letters Monthly Archives.
Best Books of 2017 – SFF I read a lot of science fiction/fantasy in 2017 – as I do in every year, even though, as a devoted fan of square-bound SFF magazines, I increasingly find SFF novels to be basically bloated short stories, long on page-count but comparatively short on actual imaginative content. 2017’s SFF […]
Read MoreAt the heart of this astounding work of fantasy broods a jungle called the Vorrh, a forest so unending that it warps time and steals souls.
Read MoreIn the concluding volume of James Enge's gripping fantasy trilogy, a band of unlikely heroes is caught between warring godlike beings in a world quickly tearing itself apart
Read MoreIn the second volume of Will Elliott's fantastic "Pendulum" trilogy, a large and engaging cast of characters fight to survive in a world drastically out of balance
Read MoreIn V. E. Schwab's new fantasy novel, a young man can travel between a string of alternate-reality Londons
Read MoreThe legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock returns after a long absence to the genre he helped to create
Read MoreThe bestselling author of the "Kingkiller Chronicles" turns in a short novella devoted to one of his fan-favorite characters
Read MoreAnthony Ryan follows up his much-praised debut "Blood Song" with a much more ambitious sequel
Read MoreWhen two London friends find a doorway leading to a magical realm, they think they're in luck - but Will Elliott's raucous new novel has some nasty surprises in store for them
Read MoreAncient magic talismans are almost always more trouble than they're worth, but that doesn't deter the rag-tag group of anti-heroes in Mark Smylie's energetically readable debut novel
Read MoreThe engrossing first volume of a very promising new fantasy series
Read MoreOne of the brightest stars in the sci-fi/fantasy night sky writes about the interesting stuff she's been re-reading
Read MoreSixteen years ago, young mercenary Eddie LaCrosse saved a baby girl from an angry bear and found her a good home far from trouble - or so he thought. Sixteen years later, that baby girl is all grown up and at the heart of all the trouble in the world in Alex Bledsoe's latest nifty sword-and-sorcery novel
Read MoreIn a fantasy version of LA where sorcerous captains of industry wage war against the gods, a conflicted young 'risk manager' works to prevent a dark plot from poisoning millions of people
Read MoreA group of extra-dimensional retainers must protect their exiled prince - but he doesn't know who he is, and they don't either.
Read MoreThe legendary fantasy series at long last comes to its conclusion
Read MoreThe first volume in a new fantasy series opens on a world where the everyday background magic on which everybody depends is beginning to flicker out ...
Read MoreThe latest adventure featuring freelance 'sword jockey' Eddie LaCrosse is - avast! - a rollicking pirate-yarn!
Read MoreA towering landmark of epic fantasy literature is re-issued in a pretty paperback!
Read MoreThe valiant young hero of Elspeth Cooper's debut novel must flee from a Church that condemns his growing energy-powers as evil ...
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