ReviewScifi
Survivor by Octavia E. Butler (book review).
Octavia Butler wrote five Patternist novels. The earlier books explore the long history that eventually leads to the Patternist society, including the life…
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ReviewScifi
Scion by James Islington (book review).
‘Scion’ by James Islington is standalone Science Fiction thriller. Azure is an enhanced human with revs, cogs and somatics, one of the very…
TrailerFilms
Ghost Soldier: Jim Caviezel shows the perils of annoying the Quiet Bloke in the Woods (trailer).
If the trailer for Ghost Soldier is sitting above this article, you will already have gathered that a large corporation has made one…
NewsHorror
Eternally Yours: Till Death Do Us Part Is a Bit Useless When Nobody Dies (TV horror).
If the first trailer for Eternally Yours is running above this article, you may already have discovered one of the great drawbacks of…
NewsCulture
Editorial – September 2026: Everywhere Carbon Footprints.
Hello everyone, With 2026 already regarded as one of the hottest periods in recorded world weather history, the number of people acknowledging that…
NewsScience
Did Nature Get There First? an article by GF Willmetts.
In many respects, it’s a myth that nature was always ahead of mankind and that we learnt everything from the animal kingdom. Yes,…
NewsScifi
The Eclipse Of 2044: a short story by GF Willmetts.
‘You’re going to make the sun disappear, just like that?’ ‘Is that a problem?’ ‘I think people will notice. Darkness. Break in orbit.…
ReviewBooks
Forbidden Science 7 Final Report: The Journals Of Jacques Vallee 2020-2025 (book review),
This seventh volume of Forbidden Science covers Jacques Vallée’s life from 11 January 2020 to 24 October 2025. He says it will be…
ReviewSuperheroes
Moon Knight Season 1 (blu-ray TV series review).
I remember when Moon Knight first hit the stands in his own comic book in the early 1980s, and actually meeting its artist,…
ReviewScifi
The Infinite State (The Decurion Saga book 1) by Richard Swan (book review).
The Infinite State by Richard Swan is the first novel in the Decurion Saga. This is a dystopian space opera about the impact…
ReviewScifi
Starshadows by Pamela Sargent (book review).
In his introduction to Starshadows, editor Terry Carr describes his working relationship with author Pamela Sargent. He rejected her first four stories but…
RoundupScifi
Hugos in Anaheim, a Balrog voiced by Shaun of the Dead, and T. Kingfisher’s suspiciously good week (news roundup).
Somewhere in Anaheim this weekend, several thousand people who own more books than shelf space are shuffling between function rooms in a convention…