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Retro Fan #30 January 2024 (magazine review).
Of all the American imports to the UK, one we never got was ‘The Brady Bunch’. Mark Voger interviewed mother Carol Brady actress/singer…
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Justice League Of America [The New 52] Volume 1: World’s Most Dangerous by Geoff Johns, David Finch, Brett Booth and Doug Mahnke (graphic novel review).
America is very concerned about the Justice League, particularly because there is evidence of Superman and Wonder Woman having an affair and that…
ReviewScifi
Off Centre by Damon Knight (book review).
It looks like I’m breaking my own rule of reading successive books by the same author. Unlike the previous Damon Knight books, this…
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #81 October 2008 (magazine review).
This ‘Alter Ego’ from 2008 is a mix of horror and Man-Thing, and, surprisingly, has a lot more page art than usual. While…
ReviewBooks
Star Wars: Choice Of One by Timothy Zahn (book review).
This reviewer has a confession to make: it has probably been at least thirty years since I read a `genre’ novel. Leaving aside…
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UFO/UAP news roundup (25th August 2024).
Here’s the semi-irregular round-up of all the best new content that is fit to print, and some that probably isn’t, concerning the topic…
ReviewBooks
Painting Portraits by Everett Raymond Kinstler (book review).
I picked up Everett Raymond Kinstler’s book ‘Painting Portraits’ a few years ago. Since I’m considering painting a portrait and have several unread…
ReviewFantasy
Dissonance Of Bird Song by Alexandra Beaumont (book review).
Cornwall is a magical county to visit, and it has generated a huge number of folkloric myths and legends. Alexandra Beaumont has taken…
NewsScifi
War of the Worlds (2005), a classic science fiction film retrospective (video).
In 2005, a cinematic thunderstorm rolled into theatres, leaving audiences drenched in their own sweat and confusion. Steven Spielberg, the man who made…
ReviewBooks
Ladies: Retold Tales Of Goddesses And Heroines by Boris Vallejo and Doris Vallejo (book review).
If you think you’ve got all of the Boris Vallejo books, then you might have missed this one from 1999, ‘Ladies: Retold Tales…
ReviewScifi
The Mechanics Of Memory by Audrey Lee (book review).
‘The Mechanics of Memory’ by Audrey Lee is a technological thriller rather than a science fiction novel. It’s set more or less in…
NewsCons
So That Was WorldCon 2024? A convention review by Rosie Oliver.
Another WorldCon has come and gone, but Glasgow 2024 will be remembered for many good things. Membership was high, exceeding 8,000, with over…