Welcome to the galaxy! I’m J J Mathews, New Zealand science fiction author and dreamer of alien worlds. This month we’re doing some Time Travel – with reflections on books, from shiny and new to very old: what makes a story readable – or not? The following is a...

Welcome to the galaxy! I’m J J Mathews, New Zealand science fiction author and dreamer of alien worlds. It has been a long week after a very dark day last Friday, but it has also been a week full of promise and hope. Today, March 22nd (NZT) at 1:32pm, people...

Welcome to the galaxy! I’m J J Mathews, New Zealand science fiction author and dreamer of alien worlds. This unplanned newsletter brings us heart-wrenchingly back from the enjoyable mental explorations of science fiction to a very real, senseless human tragedy that struck all too close to home. New Zealand has long prided itself...

Welcome to the galaxy! I’m J J Mathews, New Zealand science fiction author and dreamer of alien worlds. Last month we had a peek at the forces of nature on our own planet, so this month we swing the telescope back out towards the stars, to have a look...

Intercession and dozens of other sci-fi and fantasy books are on sale for 99c from 18-24 February, 2019 during the February SFF Book Bonanza 99c promotion....

Welcome to the galaxy! I’m J J Mathews, New Zealand science fiction author and dreamer of alien worlds. Our focus this month is more ‘down to Earth’, but with references to our celestial neighbours as we examine some of the forces of nature that affect our home world. February is...

Welcome to the galaxy! I’m J J Mathews, New Zealand science fiction author and dreamer of alien worlds. Since New Years Eve it has been dry, not and mostly sunny here in the North Island of New Zealand. December (and November) were pretty wet months, which tends to be the...

Intercession is now available on Kindle (ISBN 78-0995103450) and in Paperback (ISBN 978-0995103467). Published: January 11, 2019. Intercession – Taylor Neeran Chronicles #3 AD 3486 Things are changing on the idyllic planet known by the primitive inhabitants simply as Aeden. Well, it had been idyllic. Reapers had come to...

Illiya, Incursion and dozens of other sci-fi and fantasy Kindle titles are on sale for 99c from 17-23 December, 2018 during the December SFF Book Bonanza 99c promotion....

Welcome to the galaxy! I’m J J Mathews, New Zealand science fiction author and dreamer of alien worlds. The Taylor Neeran Chronicles are my first fictional exploration into this interesting galaxy that we inhabit, and the possibilities that lie just beyond our reach in a not-too-distant future. If you’ve...