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Exclusive: An extract from Joe Abercrombie’s Sharp Ends

April 28, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sharp Ends was introduction to the World of the First Law. There’s ‘grimdark’ fantasy done well (and often) in this series of short stories. For me, as a newcomer, it was a chance to meet interesting people and match as many of them die. It was a chance to meet interesting people and wonder, when […]

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An exclusive extract from The Jericho River

December 3, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Jericho River: A Novel About the History of Western Civilization is a novel from David W. Tollen that’s won a whole bunch of awards (London Book Festival, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, et al) and which should appeal to RPG fans. The novel sets about presenting history as an adventure story. The Jericho River […]

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Exclusive extract: Plague Nation

April 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Today is Plague Nation day on Geek Native. We’re going zombie. Plague Nation is the sequel to Dana Fredsti’s Plague Town. We keep pace with Ashley Parker as she copes with the unfolding zombie plague. Parker isn’t just immune to zombie bites; she’s a wildcard and picked up enhanced speed, strength and senses after fighting […]

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Exclusive extract: The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes

February 19, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This month we asked George Mann whether authors should consider Conan Doyle’s vision of Sherlock Holmes sacroscant. Mann was a good person to ask as he did the hard work and edited the anthology The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes which is a collection of stories about the great detective from steampunk, horror and assorted authors. […]

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Exclusive extract: The Aylesford Skull

January 31, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This has been a bit of a week for steampunk fans. Geek Native has been part of a swashbuckling blog tour. It began with a review of The Alyesford Skull, the first full-length steampunk novel by one of the founding fathers of steampunk James P Blaylock, it continued with news of competition to win signed […]

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