http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/ 2009-11-22T23:07:20+11:00 http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/ http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-11-21T22:04:25+11:00 girlie jones http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=start&rev=1258801465&do=diff Send your news items to the ASif News Editor at <ASif.Editor@gmail.com> News In the Gloaming: Creepy Tales of Now - the first in a monthly series of horror-comedy audio plays starring some of Britain's best young comics, and Celebrity Love Islander, and Beppe from Eastenders, Michael Greco. A chilling and darkly comic look at modern life, these plays are available as a free podcast. The first episode, Dead Skinny, is out now. November Releases from Orbit - The Gathering Storm by Robert… text/html 2009-11-21T22:03:45+11:00 girlie jones http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=last_week_s_headlines&rev=1258801425&do=diff The November issue of IROSF is now out. Horns by Joe Hill has been optioned by Mandalay Pictures for the big screen. Sara Douglass has announced she is currently writing her last novel in the fantasy genre. The Government has decided not to change the Australian regulatory regime for books introduced by the previous Labor government. View Press Release. text/html 2009-11-19T07:21:17+11:00 Gene http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=flashforward&rev=1258575677&do=diff by Robert J. Sawyer Orion (2009) ISBN: 9780575091016 $19.99 Buy this Book Reviewed by Tehani Wessely, Nov 2009 I highly doubt I would have wanted to read this without having watched the first episode of the television “adaptation” of Flashforward. It’s alternate future science fiction, it has been ten years since the book was first released, and the cover is unappealing. But I did see the first instalment of the new program that is (very loosely) based on the book, and it seemed… text/html 2009-11-14T17:54:07+11:00 Gene http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=reviews&rev=1258181647&do=diff Editorial Contact Us Author Index - 776 authors listed; 1640 stories, art and articles linked 774 Reviews: 18 Comics; 736 Fiction: 3 Audio/Podcasts; 16 Nonfiction and 1 Performance Reviewer Biographies Review Guidelines Links Awards text/html 2009-11-14T17:47:39+11:00 Gene http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=tehani_wessely&rev=1258181259&do=diff Tehani Wessely was a founding member of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine in 2001. Now firmly entrenched in Australian speculative fiction and small press, she edits for Twelfth Planet Press (among other duties), judges for the Aurealis Awards, reads far more in one genre than is healthy, and writes reviews, non-fiction and interviews for AS if! and Fiction Focus. In her spare moments, she works full time as a Teacher Librarian and enjoys her husband and two point five children. Tehani is th… text/html 2009-11-14T17:46:24+11:00 Gene http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=science_fiction_novels&rev=1258181184&do=diff Science Fiction Novels :au: Imposter by Katherine Anderson [Array]Matter by Iain M Banks :uk: [Array]Jennifer Government by Max Barry :au: [Array]Flood by Stephen Baxter :uk: [Array]Resplendent by Stephen Baxter :uk: [Array]Blood Music by Greg Bear :us: [Array]Hydrogen Steel by K A Bedford :au: text/html 2009-11-14T17:18:11+11:00 Gene http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=mitenae&rev=1258179491&do=diff Mitenae has a Diploma in Performing Arts, a Bachelor of Arts in Writing and a Bachelor of Communications honours. When not reading or drawing she is writing a fantasy quartet. Reviews on this Site: * The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan * Empire of Ivory Book 4: Temeraire by Naomi Novik * Victory of Eagles Book 5: Temeraire by Naomi Novik * The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan * Magic to the Bone by Devon Monk * Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop * Procession of the D… text/html 2009-11-14T17:16:58+11:00 Gene http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=fisherman_s_children&rev=1258179418&do=diff Book 1: The Prodigal Mage Review 1 by Tehani Wessely, Review 2 by Mitenae by Karen Miller The Prodigal Mage Review 1 HarperVoyager (2009) ISBN: 9780732287542 $22.99 Buy this Book Reviewed by Tehani Wessely, Oct 2009 Following after the events of Miller’s much accoladed The Innocent Mage and Innocence Lost books, this is the first book of a new series in the same world. Initially focusing on the original characters, the story gradually segues to concentrate more on the younger g… text/html 2009-11-14T17:04:11+11:00 Gene http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=sally_morgan&rev=1258178651&do=diff Sally was 9 years old when she read her first entire book before school and has barely had a book out of her hands since. With her library shelves groaning, some time on her hands, no talent for writing but a huge appetite for enjoying, offering an opinion beckoned. I came, I read, I opined.