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From the Archives: SF Masterwork of the Week: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is […]
Read MoreOn This Day: Douglas Adams was Born
Has it been a year already? We posted this passage last year as a birthday tribute to the man affectionately known to millions of fans around the world as ‘Bop Ad’. But you know what? […]
Read MoreOn This Day: Fredric Brown
On this day in 1906, Fredric William Brown was born. Fredric Brown was an Edgar-winning crime writer who was also, to quote the indispensible Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: highly regarded for his sf, which is […]
Read MoreOn This Day: Douglas Adams
‘So this is it,’ said Arthur, ‘we are going to die.’ ‘Yes,’ said Ford, ‘except . . . no! Wait a minute!’ He suddenly lunged across the chamber at something behind Arthur’s line of vision. […]
Read MoreGollancz Editors’ Favourite Masterworks: Marcus
As we move into the festive period and its seasonal agony of indecision over what gifts to give our loved ones, we thought we’d offer to help by inviting the Gollancz editorial team to tell […]
Read MoreSF Masterwork of the Week: Life, the Universe and Everything
‘Oh Deep Thought Computer,’ he said, ‘the task we have designed you to perform is this. We want you to tell us . . .’ he paused ‘. . . the Answer!’ ‘The Answer?’ said […]
Read MoreSF Masterwork of the Week: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Most writers would struggle to follow the huge success of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. But most writers aren’t Douglas Adams. There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what […]
Read MoreReaders Choice Winner for November
The Readers’ Choice submissions for November were a fascinating cross-section of SF & fantasy. From the always-excellent Pat Cadigan we had R. A. MacAvoy‘s Tea with the Black Dragon – shortlisted for the Hugo, Nebula, […]
Read MoreSF Masterwork of the Week: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is […]
Read MoreSF Masterwork of the Week: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
DON’T PANIC! The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is our SF Masterwork of the Week! Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral Arm of the Galaxy lies […]
Read MoreLocus Poll Results
Here follows an announcement from the Department of Plugging Our Books and Looking Smug At the Same Time: Last November, we exhorted you all to vote in the Locus Poll of the best SFF of […]
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