Phillip Sobel
Dan Abnett Interview – part 2
At last, part two of my interview with Dan Abnett which, as was hinted at in part 1, takes the form of a Skype conversation between us. I really enjoyed our conversation and feel that the content of, and revelations during, our dialogue will hopefully compensate you for the occasional interruption by my squeaky chair…a [...]
Battle of the Fang by Chris Wraight – review
Though not billed as such, this book is the last part of an unofficial trilogy. Battle of the Fang effectively bridges the story begun in McNeill’s A Thousand Sons and Abnett’s Prospero Burns to the ‘present’ of the 40K universe. A thousand years has passed since the bloody end of the Horus Heresy, and the [...]
Blood Reaver by Aaron Dembski-Bowden – review
Let’s be clear: My mancrush on Dembski-Bowden is well established. I love his writing. His characters tend to have the sort of depth normally associated with the classics, and his action scenes and ability to convey moments of heart-stopping drama give me warm fuzzy feelings in all the right places. Blood Reaver has forced me to add [...]
Your Highness – movie review
With a great cast, some awesome special effects, and a trailer that promised some good laughs, Your Highness had all the early hallmarks of an instant classic. The story follows the fortunes of Prince Thadeous (Danny McBride), a bumbling, fumbling, and fornicating joke of a Prince, on his journey to manhood. His brother, the dashing, [...]
Embedded by Dan Abnett – review
Embedded is Abnett’s second independent novel for Angry Robot Books and one of the most original and compelling SF stories I’ve read in quite some time. In fact, I’m drawn to a grossly overused cliché to describe my experience because it happens to be, well, true: I couldn’t put the damn thing down! The story is set in [...]
Dan Abnett – interview – part 1
For me this is the interview to end all interviews. It’s not often one gets to interview a personal hero; I suspect this is mostly because heroes don’t enjoy mopping up fanboy drool, and frankly, who can blame them? This is going to be a little different from my other interviews, because while the others [...]
Iron Company by Chris Wraight – review
I’ve been meaning to review this little beauty for a while, so, straight to business. Iron Company was Chris Wraight’s first Black Library novel and yet somehow managed to tick almost all the boxes for Warhammer fantasy writing. As my first review for BSC made clear, this isn’t something to be taken for granted. Iron [...]
The Guild by Felicia Day, Jim Rugg and Dan Jackson – graphic novel review
If you’ve not heard of the hit webseries The Guild, then I’ll wait patiently for you to struggle out from under that rock and join the rest of us at the cool kids table. Okay, for the one or two of you out there who don’t know what I’m talking about, The Guild is a [...]
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie – Review
At last, the holy grail of Warhammer 40k fans the world over has arrived–a 40k movie! Penned by the master himself, Dan Abnett, produced by Codex Pictures and directed by Martyn Pick, it tells a quintessential 40k tale from the perspective of the Space Marine golden boys, the Ultramarines. Special mention must go the voice [...]
Prospero Burns by Dan Abnett – review
Perhaps the most eagerly awaited book of the Horus Heresy series, Prospero Burns is the fifteenth book in this New York Times best-selling collection. Though initially slated for simultaneous release with Graham McNeill’s A Thousand Sons, unforeseen circumstances in Mr. Abnett’s life prompted a delay, much to the disappointment of fans across the world. The [...]
Mark Charan Newton – interview
Mark Charan Newton is an urban fantasy author who’s currently two novels into his writing career and, judging by the sheer tonnage of critical acclaim which now includes a place in Library Journal’s top 5 best SF/F of 2010, is only just getting warmed up. For those of you already familiar with his work, Nights [...]
City of Ruin by Mark Charan Newton – review
This review is based upon the assumption that you’ve read Nights of Villjamur, the first book in this series. If you haven’t, check out my review and then go and read it. I think you’re missing out on some of the most groundbreaking urban fantasy currently gracing the bookshelves. So, part deux. Like Newton’s previous volume, [...]
