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Do you remember, the 21st night of September? Probably not, seeing as we’re not there yet. So while you wait in anxious anticipation, here’s our rundown of the best Sci Fi books for September 2023. From Stephen Baxter’s latest exploration of the wonders of space, through to the sequel to the critically-acclaimed The Children of
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Our favourite UK scare fest is back next week with Pigeon Shrine FrightFest returning to Cineworld in Leicester Square, London, for its 24th edition. Running from Thursday August 24 – Monday 28 August 2023, Pigeon Shrine FrightFest will have feature-length and short films, as well as documentaries, and will encompass 25 World, 23 International /
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August is here and so are the summer holidays, whcih can mean only one thing – time to get some sunshine reading in, so what better time for us to pull together our list of the best sci fi books for August 2023! From the follow up to one of the most epic space operas
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The temperature is heating up and if you’re like us here at SciFiTowers, we’ve had one eye on the calendar, counting down to some time in the sunshine with a good book in hand. So here’s our countdown of some of the best sci fi, fantasy and horror books released in July. The perfect accompaniment
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From The Night Circus to American Horror Story, circus stories are well-known. But there are also stories that aren’t about a circus, but has a circus that holds something super important. These places hold vulnerability, where anything can happen. Children can find parents, soulmates meet, bears can dance, and people can live forever. Here are
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We are living in a golden age of martial arts fandom. As a kid in the ‘90s, I used to have to order DVDs in the mail or stalk the foreign language cinema section of Blockbuster Video to score the latest martial arts film or recent UFC event. But today, we have a plethora of
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Guardians of the Galaxy is a hit! With all three films smashing the box office, we thought we’d dig into the comic that the movies are based on and count down our top 5 Guardians of The Galaxy stories… Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning The Guardians team up with other cosmic heroes to fight off
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MAYDAY MAYDAY!!! It’s book overload this month! There are so many great new releases coming out that we just had to count down some of the best Sci Fi Books for May 2023. (We may have even thrown in the odd Fantasy and Horror tale just for good measure! From mysterious islands of “eternal life”
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When Gene Roddenberry pitched Star Trek, he summed it up in one of the best-known elevator pitches in genre – “Wagon Train to the stars!”. Yet what seems like a throwaway comparison, the classic “name something popular that your thing is like” technique for getting money men onside, actually speaks to a deeper truth about
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Looking for a way to make it through March Madness? Well forturnately we’ve pulled together our top SFF Books for the month to help put a spring in your step and some Sci Fi into you veins! From dystopian lanscapes and andoid futures to the intersteallar wild west and medieval magic, these books will take
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Twenty-six years after he first donned his famous black leather duster as ‘Spike’, Buffy the Vampire Slayer star James Marsters talks to us about his acting roots, his vulnerability as a singer-songwriter and what continues to motivate him… 1. LOVE AT FIRST BITE The child of a United Methodist minister and a social worker, Marsters
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Congratulations! You made it through January! What better way to reward yourself than by loading up your bookshelves and cracking on with your to-be-read pile? To help you out, we thought we’d pull together a list of some of our favourite science fiction, fantasy and horror books that are coming out this February… Annalee Newitz
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As we welcome in the new year, we figured what better time than now to pull together a list of some of the best SFF books to read this January. Susan Dennard 26 January 2023 – Daphne Press Susan Dennard, author of The Witchlands series (now in development for TV from the Jim Henson Company)
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I love the variety in this specific subgenre, and the way different time periods and places can lend themselves to different expressions of fantasy. Here are five books I highly recommend, showcasing some of that variety… Sistersong by Lucy Holland As Celtic culture and religion clash with Christianity in 6th century Britain, this follows the
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Language is connection. Luckily—given that there are over seven thousand languages on Earth, not counting the fictional ones—communication is still possible without sharing one. In fact, sometimes a difference of language can lead to a more complex connection than a shared language. Below are five times when different languages are used in interesting ways. The
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Pulled off air amid a mess of mixed signals (the Sci-Fi Channel said yes to Season 5, and then no), Farscape just missed out on the era of mass internet fan mobilisation – the kind that has kept similar shows like Firefly, Caprica and Stargate SG1 high on the cancellationoutrageometer. Those who do remember its
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The Prisoner is one of those iconic TV series of the Sixties, where though you may not know what the heck it was about (most people are still trying to figure that out – us included), boy did it look and sound cool! Starring the original Dangerman, Patrick McGoohan as a spy desperately trying to
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I do love a premise that burrows into your mind and lingers. One that nags at your subconscious because, even though you know it’s fiction, the ideas are so plausible, you can’t help thinking they might actually come true… It’s something I aspire to in my own writing, and the following are great examples. Jurassic
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2021 was a great year to be an anime fan. We had a couple of awesome seasons and some incredible shows, and whatever your preferences – be they mecha, isekai, shounen, horror or slice of life – 2021 most definitely had you, fam. There have been plenty of stand-out shows spread out over the past
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When I think about my favourite movie psychopaths, my mind, like many, jumps instantly to the likes of Hannibal Lecter. Or Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. Or Kevin Khatchadourian in We Need To Talk About Kevin. Tom Noonan’s portrayal of Francis Dolarhyde in Manhunter still haunts me. If you think of real-life serial killers, you can very quickly rattle off a few names like Manson and Bundy and Dahmer and Gacy… Feels
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