Hodderscape is where Hodder & Stoughton’s science fiction, fantasy and horror lovers hang out and shout about our books, as well as a few other things. We’re a place for fans of superheroes, vampires, sandworms, cats dressed as Pikachu and that feeling you get when you hear the Buffy The Vampire Slayer theme song.
On our site you’ll find news about our books, competitions, exclusive pieces by our authors and lots of geeking out.
POSTED ON: June 22, 2018
FILED UNDER: Books
TAGS: Book Covers, M. G. Wheaton, cover reveal
By Sam Bradbury
Today, we are thrilled to reveal the cover for a fabulous new addition to the Hodderscape family (and your TBRs!) – Emily Eternal by M. G. Wheaton.
Preorder it on Waterstones/Amazon/The Book Depository or add it to your to-read shelf on Goodreads now!
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POSTED ON: June 1, 2018
FILED UNDER: Books
TAGS: becky chambers, special edition
By Sam Bradbury
Yes, you heard that right! By now I’m sure you’ve seen (and lusted after) the beautiful blues and greens of the stunning galaxy inspired cover for Becky Chambers’ new novel Record of a Spaceborn Few. Well, prepare to get even more excited, because today we’re announcing the Spaceborn Few SPECIAL FIRST EDITION!
And don’t forget – when we say first edition only, we mean it! Once they’re gone, they’re gone, so you should probably preorder your signed edition before they sell out!
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POSTED ON: May 18, 2018
FILED UNDER: Books
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By Rachel Khoo
Did someone say sprayed edges?
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POSTED ON: May 17, 2018
FILED UNDER: Fun Stuff
TAGS: LR Fredericks
By Francine Toon
To celebrate the paperback publication of The Book of Luce by L R Fredericks, a quest to track down the most elusive and psychedelic divine rock star Luce, we have picked our top five fictional rock stars.
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POSTED ON: May 4, 2018
FILED UNDER: Books, News
TAGS: Jasper Fforde
By Hodderscape Team
Hibernation is over. Jasper Fforde is back with a new novel set in a world where every Winter, the human population goes into hibernation, protected by
an elite corps of Winter Consuls. For five months a year, they are the law. But Winter is a lawless place…
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POSTED ON: May 2, 2018
FILED UNDER: News
TAGS: Events and exhibitions, Science Fiction, becky chambers
By Sam Bradbury
Whether you’ve been along for the whole journey or jumped on at the last spaceport, we have an exciting announcement for all Wayfarers fans. No, we haven’t perfected our time travel machine (I promise we’ll let you know when we do), but the news is even more exciting than that: Becky Chambers is coming back to tour the UK to celebrate the release of Record of a Spaceborn Few.
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It would be misleading to say that my new novel, Claudia, is a dystopia – most of it isn’t, though some of it is – but while I was working on the book I found myself reading heavily in the genre, which has always been a favourite of mine. Mind you, dystopia is probably a favourite genre of nearly everyone’s these days (have you seen these days?), and so it’s slightly dismaying that even now we tend to get the same familiar titles cropping up in lists of recommended dystopic reading. Here, then, I have assembled five literary counterworlds that I want to assure you are absolutely fantastic while perhaps being not quite so grindingly obvious as your Nineteen Eighty-Fours, your Brave New Worlds, even (post-Emmys) your Handmaid’s Tales. See what you think…
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POSTED ON: February 28, 2018
FILED UNDER: Books
TAGS: Leife Shallcross
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Dive into the PINspiration behind Leife Shallcross’ THE BEAST’S HEART, the ‘utterly enchanting’ (Kate Forsyth) retelling of Beauty and the Beast from the Beast’s point of view, publishing 3rd May 2018.
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POSTED ON: February 23, 2018
FILED UNDER: Film, Review
TAGS: Black Panther, Marvel
By Woo Long Talks
Black Panther picks up one week after the seismic events of Captain America: Civil War and sees T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) grieving for the loss of his father, while preparing to ascend to the throne of king of the nation of Wakanda. Whilst he deals with this, he must also confront an old enemy from his nation’s past and deal with a new threat that could place the citizens of Wakanda and the world into jeopardy.
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POSTED ON: February 7, 2018
FILED UNDER: Books
TAGS: Science Fiction, Scott K. Andrews
By Sam Bradbury
There are a lot of series out there that I wish I could go back in time and read again for the first time. Since I don’t have a time machine*, the second best thing I can do is recommend these wonderful books to new people and share the joy.
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POSTED ON: January 26, 2018
FILED UNDER: Books, Uncategorized
TAGS: Book Covers, becky chambers
By Sam Bradbury
Record of a Spaceborn Few, the brilliant new Wayfarers novel by Becky Chambers is officially released 6 months today! (We’re still working on that time machine, we promise!) And so to celebrate we’ve decided to finally reveal our cover! The third book set in the Galactic Commons, Spaceborn Few explores life in the Exodus fleet and is just as heartwarming, poignant and brilliant as its predecessors.
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POSTED ON: January 25, 2018
FILED UNDER: Books
TAGS: Callie Bates, The Memory of Fire, The Waking Land
By Sam Bradbury
To celebrate the publication of The Waking Land in paperback, we have a special treat for you today! We’re thrilled to be able to share an extract from Callie’s new book, The Memory of Fire.
The sequel to The Waking Land, this one follows Jahan and his mission to return home to the Empire and prevent a devastating war, while fighting to reclaim his tragic past. It’s full of magic, romance and revolution.
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POSTED ON: January 12, 2018
FILED UNDER: Books, Fun Stuff
TAGS: Black Mirror
By Sam Bradbury
I don’t know about you, but my least favourite thing about Black Mirror is that there aren’t more episodes. The show is utterly brilliant, mind-blowingly fascinating, and completely unique (if sometimes also bleak and emotionally draining).
There’s nothing I can do about the fact that you want more Black Mirror (I’m sorry, I only get a limited amount of uses from my time machine before I rip a hole in the universe and there are a lot of movies I simply can’t wait see in the next few years). What I can do however is recommend 5 books that are perfect to tide you over until the release date of the next season.
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POSTED ON: January 9, 2018
FILED UNDER: Books, Fun Stuff
TAGS: Book Covers, Extract, Matthew Blakstad
By Sam Bradbury
Already missing Black Mirror? Lucky Ghost by Matthew Blakstad is the perfect book to plug the hole.
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POSTED ON: December 15, 2017
FILED UNDER: Books
TAGS: Book Covers
By Hodderscape Team
We’re all familiar with the old adage ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ – but with these books it was love at first sight.
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