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SF Gateway Author of the Week: James Blish
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 phase of reading. I...
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Classic SF Anagrams
In what future SF historians will no doubt refer to, Spinal Tap-style, as ‘the saddest of all posts‘, we have decided to mark the last Friday of the first month of 2013 with a series of classic SF...
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Classic SF Anagrams: The Solutions
For those of you still scratching your heads over Friday’s anagrams (or, indeed, over why allegedly grown adults would spend their time creating such a thing), here are the answers: Mash the Demon!...
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In Praise of . . . The Locus Index to Science Fiction Awards
You’ve probably noticed that we’ve published a lot of books over the year-and-a-half SF Gateway has been live. We’ve certainly noticed it – you don’t publish 1,800 books by more than 150 authors...
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Happy Birthday, Hugo Gernsback!
Today marks the 129th anniversary of the birth of Hugo Gernsback, one of the most influential figures in the history of science fiction. How influential? Well, he launched the first fully-dedicated SF...
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60 Years of the Hugo Awards
Thanks to our friends at The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction – and, in particular, their indispensable On This Day function, we see that the first Hugo Awards were presented 60 years ago, today, at...
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Happy Birthday Pat Cadigan!
Today we wish a very Happy Birthday to our two-time Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Author of the Month: the Queen of Cyberpunk, Pat Cadigan! Pat is the author of numerous outstanding SF novels, such as...
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SF Gateway: the Hugo Winners
Following our posts celebrating Gollancz and SF Gateway’s BSFA, Arthur C. Clarke and Nebula Award-winning novels . . . it’s the Hugo Awards! And we’re delighted to say we have a very creditable 30 out...
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Author of the Month: Robert Silverberg
Here’s a question guaranteed to spark robust discussions (if not outright arguments) in the bar at your next convention: who is the best science fiction writer in the world? Tough one, isn’t it? Not...
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SF Masterwork of the Week: Dying Inside
We have already featured this week’s Masterwork of the Week, back in March last year, however as we’re determined to make the most of Robert Silverberg’s status as Author of the Month – as well as his...
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SF Masterwork of the Week: Doomsday Book
Connie Willis has accumulated an extraordinary 11 Hugo and 7 Nebula Awards during her glittering career. She has twice won the Hugo and Nebula with the same book – in 2010 with Blackout/All Clear, and...
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LonCon3 is Here!
The day has finally arrived: Worldcon is in town! LonCon3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention commences today at the ExCel Centre in London’s docklands and runs until Monday 18th. In addition to...
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SF Masterwork of the Week: The Book of Skulls
Continuing our Author of the Month-ish celebration of all things Robert Silverberg – we hope you heard him speak at LonCon, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention – our current SF Masterwork of the...
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From the Archives: In Praise of . . . the Locus Guide to Science Fiction Awards
You’ve probably noticed that we’ve published a lot of books over the year-and-a-half SF Gateway has been live. We’ve certainly noticed it – you don’t publish 1,800 books by more than 150 authors...
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SF Gateway Omnibus of the Week: John Brunner
From the vaults of The SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal introduction to the work of the acclaimed author and critic John Brunner....
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SFX Book Club: A Case of Conscience
WARNING: TENUOUS LINK APPROACHING! In the wake of the recent historic referendum on Scottish independence, we thought it only appropriate to consult a Scottish SF writer about a pivotal science...
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Author of the Month: Joe Haldeman
Only a handful of writers have won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for the same novel, twice. October’s Author of the Month is one of those writers, winning the 1976 Hugo and Nebula Awards for The...
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SF Masterwork of the Week: Stand on Zanzibar
I’ve written before about the wonderful authors I’ve been introduced to thanks to their appearances on panels at conventions, and the terrific books I’ve discovered the same way. One such book is our...
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Happy Birthday, Stephen Baxter!
We are delighted to be wishing a very Happy Birthday to Gollancz’s very own Stephen Baxter, author extraordinaire, collaborator-to-the-stars, celebrity Liverpool supporter and one of the secret cabal...
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We Are Full of Shame: We Missed Robert Silverberg’s Birthday
Although there are mitigating circumstances – the end of 2014 saw illness rampaging through Gateway Towers like the proverbial bull in the (now that we stop to think about it, extremely unlikely) china...
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