author of the month

April’s Author of the Month is the redoubtable Bob Shaw, one of SF’s great wits and – these days, at least – most under-rated writers. I first came across Bob Shaw‘s work in the pages […]

So, it’s spring, at last (according to the calendar, if not the actual weather . . .) and time for another SF Gateway Author of the Month.  This month’s spotlight goes to a wonderful fantasy […]

As we move into the second month of 2014, it’s time for the Author of the Month spotlight to return and we begin proceedings with the SFWA Grand Master, winner of seven Hugo Awards and […]

A couple of changes are coming up for the SF Gateway website from next month: one presaged last year and one a response to circumstances. So, as noted when the Xmas Sale started last year, […]

November’s Author of the Month is one of modern science fiction’s most influential figures. Kate Wilhelm has been nominated for the John W. Campbell, James Tiptree, Jr and World Fantasy Awards, won the Nebula Award […]

If you were asked to tick off famous fictional characters on your fingers, chances are that before you made it to your second hand you’d name October’s Author of the Month’s signature character. There’s a […]

Our Author of the Month for September is the wonderful (and, we were very pleased to learn recently, apparently indestructible!) Pat Cadigan. Pat has twice won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award: in 1992 for […]

August’s Author of the Month is the recently departed Jack Vance. Winner of three Hugos, a Nebula and a World Fantasy Award, he was given the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1984, named […]

About a month ago, the Gollancz editorial team was privileged to sit down to lunch with a visiting American author. This author is pretty much a giant in the field, having dominated the Hugo and […]

For many years, in my early days as a science fiction reader, James Blish was known to me for one thing only: he was the writer of the Star Trek novelisations I went through a […]

With last week being dominated by the terrible news about Iain Banks, we felt it only fair to give Author of the Month, Gordon R. Dickson, a second outing on the blog. So, please forgive […]

GRASS by Sheri S. Tepper SF Gateway eBook | SF Masterworks paperback What could be more commonplace than grass, or a world covered over all its surface with a wind-whipped ocean of grass? But the […]