Bookish Scifi & Fantasy

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Posting Science Fiction, Fantasy, Geekery, bookshop life, occasional cats. Expert Bookseller at Waterstones Ipswich. (Views mine, not representative of Waterstones)

Two stacks of novellas on a shelf. If I was being really good I'd list them all here, but I'm typing on my phone and there are about 50... Maybe I'll do a thread of scifi fantasy horror and speculative novellas sometime
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Copies of the book in a bookshop, one turned to show off the sprayed edges
A pile of copies of the book in a bookshop
A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. The paperback has black sprayed edge #spredges with the words let them grow wild down the edge
A photo of the book with the jacket removed, and opened slightly too show off the cloth cover gilding and endpapers
The cover of the book. A painting in dramatic shades of blue water and red underwater weeds and sky, depicting a giant teethsome sea serpent breaking the surface, a tiny sailing boat tossed on the waves beside it
The cover of the book. A dark burgandy background, white text for the title, a spotted, long-necked fawn pacing between the structure formed by the letters. A quote from Lucy Rose (of The Lamb) reads "filled with bite, brutality, tenderness and evil. I loved it"
The alternative US cover. A black star field background, over which is a very stylised design of two eagles, one gold and one red, the lower one mirrored and reversed
The cover of the book. A serpent curls around a red goblet, with decorative ornaments around the edges
The cover of the book, showing ominous skyscrapers with red glowing elements, a hovering police car, two figures in the foreground examining what may be a body.
A banner showing the book turned to show off the sprayed edges, words reading science fiction and fantasy book of the month
Copies of the book in a bookshop, with the bookmarks, wasp stickers and The Dubious Gecko beer mats!
The cover of the book. At first glance it looks like antlers on a dark background, but then you realise it's tunnels leading down from the surface. At the centre bottom where the tunnels or antlers meet is a small church in silhouette with a white door
The cover of the book. A traditional looking illustration of a dungeon side on doing down the levels, dotted with monsters and a dragon. The subtitle reads 'as told by Cornelius the skull"
A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. It has a vintage feeling archival cover: orange borders on a marbled background
The cover of the book
A display of a pot with the red ACOTAR cover design, a masquerade themed tamlin's manor notebook and bookmark, a masquerade mug and tall takeaway mug
A hand holds a copy of the book, parched grass in the background, almost like the landscape has been enduring an unnatural Long Summer
A stack of the books in a bookshop with exclusive signed Waterstones edition on the front.
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A copy of the book, standee, and the bookmarks and badges on a table with a purple cloth
Copies of the book in a bookshop, one with the dust jacket removed to show off the gilded green fox cover design beneath
A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. The cover is gorgeous medieval reds, blues and golds, featuring a wolf standing atop a crown
A poster for the event on sat 25 July at 1.30pm at geek retreat Ipswich. This is where the future bleeds follows talented Diviner kitt who reads the destinies of the rich and powerful... Until a murder sets her and an unlikely bunch of dropouts and rogues on an epic quest to save the future, and meddle with the destinies of empires
A copy of the book in a bookshop
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A banner with pictures of the book covers and the words prize draw, signed editions, entrants must be over 18 and residents of great Britain or Northern Ireland. Full terms and conditions apply.
A copy of the book in a bookshop
A copy of the book on a display in a bookshop
The cover of the first book in the trilogy, Ithaca.
Both books on A shelf in a bookshop
A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop
A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. The lighting is alarmingly yellow, but can reassure that the shop was not, in fact, on fire (as far as I noticed)
The three books in the trilogy in a bookshop. Book 1 the silence of the girls, book 2 the women of Troy, book 3 the voyage home
A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop
The movie poster for the odyssey, featuring Odysseus yelling while a big wooden horse burns in the background
A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop
A photo of the book in a bookshop, alongside the previous collected volunteers 2 and 3
A hand holds a copy of the paperback in a bookshop
A banner showing the game, cards, art, tokens, with the words game of the month and exclusive
A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop
A banner reading Mike Brooks author q&a and signing at geek retreat 41a upper brook street Ipswich. Saturday 25th July 1.30pm. Visit Waterstones.com/events for details
A hand holds a copy of the paperback in a bookshop
A large carved stone by the side of the path, into which is carved a bearded face frowning and holding his hands to his head like he has the most almighty headache.
Looking up the valley to the peak of Corrán Tuathail the highest mountain in Ireland (though I didn't know all this at the time... My partner had pitched the walk as "has a bit of scrambling", so it was a bit of a suprise when we got to the top and its status was announced)
A banner for the event reading Robert Jackson Bennett in conversation with antonia hodgson Tuesday 4th august 7pm. Waterstones
A green banner with the book cover, the publication date 25th feb 2027, and a badge saying signed edition
A copy of the book, turned slightly to show off the sprayed edges in greens, browns and yellows. On the cover is a green dragon
A banner showing the book, with the words science fiction and fantasy book of the month.
A handsome wolf with a lead
Copies of the book on a table in a bookshop, sitting atop a copy of Of Blood And Fire by Ryan Cahill
The new edition of the book on a green background
A copy of the new hardback the Knight Watch beside the paperback of perilous times
A banner saying prize draw, with a picture of the book cover and the afternoon tea gift set with scones, preserve, clotted cream, cake, tea, bag
A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop: an open-jawed animal skull with leaves, flowers and insects pouring forth
Vile lady villains by danai christopoulou next to nemesis mine by amy archer. On the first, two women hold daggers at each others' throats, on the second two men do the same.
A stack of books in a bookshop: Project hail mary by andy weir; The Poppy war by R. F. Kuang; Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky; Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb; Red Rising by Pierce Brown; Pagans by James Alistair Henry; The Devils by Joe Abercrombie; Songs of the Dead by Brandon Sanderson and Peter Orullian; Heaven's River by Dennis E. Taylor; A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman; A Discworld Jigsaw Puzzle the World of Perry Pratchett; and a father's day card featuring a wookiee being gugged by Ewoks reading "wookiee you're my dad"
A copy of the new hardback book next to a copy of the paperback of the first book, on a table in a bookshop
A copy of the new hardback book atop a pile of the author's previous paperbacks: floating hotel, frontier, and Idolfire