Arina
If born in a fantasy world, Arina would have been a roguelike technomancer and the coolest mage-assassin. As it is, her love of tech led her to dev, and her passion for the art of storytelling to book reviewing. An avid advocate of the uncommon, she champions indie and inclusive SFF on Queen's Book Asylum, alongside her totally awesome co-bloggers. When not keeping an eye on the resident pet demon, Arina spends countless hours on MTGA, and on social media hoarding recipes.
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SPFBO 8 – Elimination Round: Arina
This is our last elimination round post before we start announcing our semi-finalists, and last but not least Arina gets the chance to share some reviews!
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SPSFC Team Review: Iron Truth by S. A. Tholin
Out of the 300 books, and our personal batch of 30, S. A. Tholin‘s Iron Truth rose to the #1 spot in the competition and we at the Asylum are celebrating that with a team review. Congrats to the author and her awesome book for winning the first ever SPSFC!
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The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings
Arina reviews The Ballad of Perilous Graves, the debut Fantasy novel of Alex Jennings, published on June 21st, 2022 by Orbit.
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Escaping First Contact: Interview with T. S. Beier
Welcome to Queen's Book Asylum's tour stop for T. S. Beier's Escaping First Contact. Albeit we are late with our post, the Asylum had the pleasure of chatting about this exciting, modern twist on classic sci-fi.
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Release Radar – April 2022
April's edition features snarky Norse retellings, cozy haunted houses, and powerful reworkings of the classic canon.
Others in the Asylum
Release Radar – January 2022
Release Radar – February 2022
Release Radar – March 2022
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Merchants of Knowledge and Magic: Interview with Erika McCorkle
Welcome to Queen's Book Asylum's (slightly late) tour stop for Merchants of Knowledge and Magic, organized by Escapist Book Tours. We sat down to chat with Erika McCorkle about her epic fantasy debut, the first book in a series of interconnected novels comprising the Merchants of the Pentagonal Dominion series.
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Rise Red Kingdom: #MarchOfTheSequels Interview with Kerstin Espinosa Rosero
Motivated by Sue Bavey's #MarchOfTheSequels event and by the recent release of Rise Red Kingdom, Arina sat down to talk with Kerstin Espinosa Rosero about interdimensional dragons, their summoners, and her illustrations for the popular tv show Arcane.
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ARvekt: SPSFC Interview with Craig Lea Gordon
You guessed it, the Asylum brings you another SPSC special interview, celebrating some of the authors who've joined the fierce competition. Today we sit down with Craig Lea Gordon to discuss his cyberpunk entry, ARvekt. The book blew all judges away with its fantastic cover and ended up climbing the ranks as one of our own semifinalists!
Others in the Asylum
Interview with Mike Shackle
SPFBO Interview with Mike Shel
Interview with Dyrk Ashton
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In My Memory Locked: SPSFC Interview with Jim Nelson
We continue our SPSFC interview series by welcoming Jim Nelson to the Asylum! I spoke with Jim about his entry, In My Memory Locked, a cyberpunk noir novel "perfect for fans of Blade Runner, Raymond Chandler, Ghost in the Shell, William Gibson, When Gravity Fails, and Altered Carbon."
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Aerovoyant: SPSFC Interview with P. L. Tavormina
The Asylum had the great pleasure of talking with author P. L. Tavormina, a real-life scientist (how cool is that?!) whose book, Aerovoyant, joined the ranks of the first-ever Self-Published Science Fiction Contest (SPSFC).
