ReviewFantasy
Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe (book review).
Gene Wolfe is a very well-respected author of fantasy. I suspect that many readers, just like myself, know of him primarily through ‘The…
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ReviewBooks
21st Century Foss by Chris Foss (book review).
‘21st Century Foss’ has been on my wants list for quite a while, and one popped up cheaply on the auction website, so…
ReviewBooks
Dead Lions (Slough House thrillers book 2) by Mick Herron (book review).
An ex-streetwalker, Richard Bough, aka Dickie Bow, spots a Russian spook in London and pursues him out to Oxford; along the way, the…
ReviewScifi
Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver (book review).
It is the year 2050. The Earth is suffering under the effects of climate change. Ten years ago, well over 160 million people…
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #192 March 2025 (magazine review).
In this edition of ‘Alter Ego’, writer Mark Carlson-Ghost disproves the myth that very few superheroes existed in the 1950s, providing over 50…
ReviewComics
The Avengers In The Veracity Trap! by Chip Kidd and Michael Cho (graphic novel review).
‘The Avengers In The Veracity Trap’ is a new adventure that harks back to the very early days of Marvel’s Avengers, a superhero…
ReviewScifi
Drive Or Be Driven: Stories Of Travel (Polestars 6) by Aliya Whiteley (book review).
‘Drive Or Be Driven’ by Aliya Whiteley is the sixth book in the ‘Polestars’ series of individual author short story collections from Newcon…
ReviewDoctor Who
Torchwood: Children Of Earth (blu-ray TV series review).
The third season of ‘Torchwood’ is one 6-part serial, ‘Children Of Earth’. Back in the day, there were already signs of problems with…
ReviewMagazines
Marshall Rogers: Brightest Days And Darkest Knights by Jeff Messer and Dewey Cassell (book review).
Comic book artist Marshall Rogers (1950-2007) was admired by fans for his work on the ‘Detective Comics’ comic book as written by Steve…
ReviewMagazines
Comic Book Creator #37 Winter 2025 (magazine review).
There are a lot of smaller articles in this ‘Comic Book Creator’, so I’ve focused on some of the more significant ones. Take…
ReviewFantasy
The Society Of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown (book review).
The bad news, reader, is that you cannot join the Society of Unknowable Objects. Membership is inherited, passed down from father to son…
ReviewFantasy
Dark Wraith Of Shannara by Terry Brooks (book review).
There are surly no fans of fantasy who have not heard of Terry Brooks. His seminal first novel, ‘The Sword Of Shannara’ is…