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 /
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
So, you have a great idea for a fantasy or science fiction book! It’s unlike anything that you have read anywhere else, and only you can tell this story. You need to write it! So… how? How do you get your ideas down and make your inspiration into a book that everyone will want to
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
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
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
I’m certainly not the first author to create an amateur sleuth who raises the dead. But in the Lavington Windsor series, our jobbing necromancer Toni gets to ask the murder victims who killed them, and I had so much fun creating situations where the poor old shambling corpses didn’t have a clue who had bumped
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
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”
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
Drip, drip, drop there’s been more a few little April showers already this month, so we thought we’d gather together some of the best sci fi, fantasy and horror books you could be reading to help keep you safe, warm and dry this month. Hooray for SFF! David Wellington 6th April – Orbit Paradise-1 is
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
Anyone who knows me, knows I am a huge James Cameron fan, such that Aliens, The Terminator, The Abyss and Avatar are firmly locked into my brain whenever I write. This is because his work is so visual and whenever I think of someone trying to bring my work to life Cameron is my go-to
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
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
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)
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
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
While the wolves of the Green Creek series are strong, capable killing machines (when the situation calls for it), they are also angsty, a little dumb about a lot of things, and tend to snap and snarl when things don’t go their way. So, what better way to celebrate my werewolves than to talk about
When I started writing my book, The Children of Gods and Fighting Men, I was determined to set my story in Ireland. A few people have asked me why, and my answer was that Irish mythology has inspired so many well-known fantasy stories that it felt only right Ireland should be used as the actual
I wrote ION CURTAIN on and off over a few years. That’s unusual for me—as a full pantser/organic author, if I start writing a story and take a break, likely, it’d never finish. In ION CURTAIN, the story’s scope changed as I developed as an author, read things that blew my mind, and played or
One of the many categories of shiny objects my magpie brain insists on collecting is fictional games. Here are five of my favourites! Tak I would be lying if I didn’t say that seeing Kvothe get whomped at the strategy board game Tak in Patrick Rothfuss’s The Wise Man’s Fear was my favorite part of
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
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
The winter 2022 anime season is well underway and, with 51 shows on offer, picking what to watch can feel like a bit of a minefield. Luckily for you, we’ve been sifting through this season’s best anime and have put together a selection of top-tier offerings, and there’s a little something for everyone here… Attack
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
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
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
1. Hocus Pocus: I Put a Spell on You The Sanderson Sisters (Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker) are back after three hundred years to wreak havoc on Salem. They take a break in the middle of their mayhem to belt out a tune that keeps partygoers dancing till dawn. With resurrected corpses,