Hello peeps! I hope you’re all having a great weekend! Today ends my “Women of Science Fiction” week! I hope you enjoyed it and read the fab posts from my guest authors: Linnea Sinclair, Marianne de Pierres, Justina Robson, Sara Creasy and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, as well as the reviews and giveaways. It was a lot of fun – I hope you found a few new-to- you authors and books to add to your ever growing lists! So, onto the winners of this weeks giveaways: • TWO SETS of “Chasing…

The Women of Science Fiction Week AUTHOR SHOWCASE Here are some of the authors I have come across while investigating female science fiction writers. I know some may cross over into another genres, but at least one of their books is within the sci-fi genre/subgenres (such as sci-fi romance). I hope you find some new-to-you authors to add to your ever growing wishlists!!! KATHERINE ALLRED Goodreads Website JUSTINA ROBSON Goodreads Website CATHERINE ASARO Goodreads Website MARIANNE DE PIERRES Goodreads Website LINNEA SINCLAIR Goodreads Website URSULA K. LE GUIN Goodreads Website…

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday. It’s where I list all the books I desperately want but haven’t actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. It’s also an event that you can join in with too – Mr Linky is always at the ready for you to link your own ‘On My Wishlist’ post. If you want to know more click here. This is a special Sci-Fi edition as part of my “Women of Science Fiction”…

In Enemy Hands by K. S. Augustin Carina Press (May 2010) | Ebook, 257 Pages Sci-Fi Romance In Enemy Hands was a little inconsistent for me. I swung between enjoying it and getting frustrated with the pace. Set in the future, Moon is a scientist working on a ground-breaking project to re-animate dead stars. But, most of the Galaxy is controlled by the brutal and uncompromising Republic where failure would mean death, or even worse exile. Moon is assigned the extraordinarily clever Srin Flerovs as her research partner. So intelligent is Srin,…

I have the pleasure of welcoming Sara Creasy to Book Chick City today. Sara is the author behind the ‘Scarabaeus‘ series. Sara grew up in the West Midlands, UK but moved to Australia when she was a teenager. She has a degree in biology, was associate editor of Australia’s science fiction and fantasy magazine Aurealis for several years, which inspired her to write her first novel, ‘Song of Scarabaeus‘. Marriage to an American resulted in a second intercontinental move, and she lived in Arizona for five years. She now lives…

Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth HarperCollins (May 2011) | Paperback, 489 pages Science Fiction | Young Adult Guest Reviewer: Sarah In a world divided into different factions Tris must make a difficult decision – she must select one of the factions and this will have a major impact on her future. Born to Abnegation, a faction that believes in selflessness above everything else, Tris must decide if she will stay with her family or move to another faction and probably never see them again. Will she pick Candor who believe…

I am very excited to have science fiction writer, Marianne de Pierres on Book Chick City today, although this isn’t her first visit BCC. Marianne also wrote a post for my “where stories are made” feature! Marianne is the author of the ‘Parrish Plessis‘ series (book #1, ‘Nylon Angel‘, reviewed this morning), the ‘Sentients of Orion’ series, and more recently her young adult series, ‘Night Creatures‘. Please give a warm welcome to Marianne… Particle Physics, say what? I’m often asked about the research side of being a SF novelist. How…

Nylon Angel (Parrish Plessis #1) by Marianne de Pierres Orbit Books (UK, Jan 2004) Paperback, 330 pages Science Fiction In a world where the rich live behind the safety of a giant fortress wall and everyone else can go to hell, Parrish Plessis has learnt some useful survival tactics. Like don’t cross Jamon Hondo – unless you want to be dead by the morning. But heck, what’s a girl supposed to do when the one chance she may have of escaping from his grubby, stinking paws presents itself? Anyway, it’s hard…

GIVEAWAY! Thanks to Gollancz I have TWO (2) sets of ‘Chasing the Dragon‘ and ‘Down to the Bone‘ by Justina Robson to giveaway. This giveaway is for UK residents only (publisher’s request) and ends 8am 29th May 2011. All you have to do to enter is the following: 1. Read Book Chick City’s giveaway policy 3. Fill out this form 4. One entry per person GOOD LUCK!

Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Kristine Kathryn Rusch to Book Chick City. Kristine has visited the blog before as part of my “Where Stories Are Made” feature and I reviewed “Diving into the Wreck” the first book in the ‘Diving Universe’ series last year. Kristine is an award-winning mystery, romance, science fiction, and fantasy writer. She has written many novels under various names, including Kristine Grayson for romance, and Kris Nelscott for mystery. Her novels have made the bestseller lists worldwide and have been published in 14 countries…

Across the Universe (Across the Universe #1) by Beth Revis Penguin (Jan 2011) | Paperback, 398 pages Science Fiction, Young Adult Guest Reviewer: Kai Hi everyone. I’m really excited to see what Carolyn has in store for us for the Women of Science Fiction Event. Statistically in the past, women haven’t been the predominant Authors or readers of the Science Fiction genre. Things however have changed rapidly. One of the most buzzed about books this year has been Across the Universe published by Razorbill, a division of Penguin Books. I was fortunate…

I am so excited to welcome sci-fi romance author, Linnea Sinclair to Book Chick City. This is Linnea’s second time visiting BCC, the first time she featured on “Where Stories Are Made“. Linnea is a former news reporter and retired private detective and writes award-winning, fast-paced science fiction romance for Bantam Dell, including Gabriel’s Ghost (RITA® winner), Games of Command (RITA® finalist), Hope’s Folly and her current best seller, Rebels and Lovers. Her SF-police procedural, The Down Home Zombie Blues, is currently in motion picture production. Linnea splits her time…

Collision Course (8th Wing #1) by Zoe Archer Carina Press (April 2011) | Ebook, 199 Pages Sci-Fic Romance I would definitely describe this book as a romance with a science fiction setting rather than the other way around. But isn’t without its fare share of action. Mara Skiren makes a living as a Black Market scavenger, she’s also an ace pilot. When one of the 8th Wing’s pilots gets kidnapped, only a scavenger can get them in to save her. But Lara is a loner and hates having passengers on her ship….

Hello! I hope you’re all having a fab weekend! This week begins my “Women of Science Fiction” week! I have some wonderful guest authors stopping by: Linnea Sinclair, Marianne de Pierres, Justina Robson and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, as well as lots of reviews and giveaways. It should be a fun packed week, so I hope you’ll stop by! This Week on Book Chick City On MondayLaura will be reviewing ‘Collison Course by Zoe Archer, then later in the day sci-fi romance author, Linnea Sinclair will be guest posting, along with…