ReviewBooks
False Covenant: A Widdershins Adventure by Ari Marmell (book review).
‘False Covenant’ is the second in the ‘Widdershins Adventure’ fantasy series of novels by Ari Marmell. It picks up about six months after…
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ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who: The Ark by Paul Erikson and Leslie Scott (DVD review).
The Doctor (actor William Hartnell), Steven Taylor (actor Peter Purves) and new companion with a heavy cold, Dodo Chaplet (actress Jackie Lane), arrive…
ReviewBooks
Apollo 11: 1969 (Including Saturn V, CM-107, SM-107, LM-5) Owners’ Workshop Manual by Christopher Riley and Phil Dolling (book review).
Now in its sixth reprint, the breath-holding titled ‘Apollo 11: 1969 (Including Saturn V, CM-107, SM-107, LM-5) Owners’ Workshop Manual’ by Christopher Riley…
ReviewFantasy
Game Of Thrones Card Game (card game review).
A disclaimer. This two player game is made by Fantasy Flight Games and is based on the HBO TV show ‘Game Of Thrones’.…
ReviewHorror
Tales From The Darkside: Season Four DVD boxset (DVD review).
The fourth and final season of ‘Tales From The Darkside’, ran in the USA from 27th September 1987 until July 24th 1988 and…
ReviewFantasy
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (soundtrack review).
When reviewing any piece of work, I do my best to take it in isolation and not let related materials influence my judgement.…
ReviewScifi
London Eye: Toxic City Book One by Tim Lebbon (book review).
A terrorist attack, a city that has been altered beyond all recognition and a group of survivors struggling to make sense of a…
ReviewBooks
The Real Story Of Risk by Glenn Croston (book review).
Firstly, this book, ‘The Real Story Of Risk’ has nothing to do with the game of Risk but how we cope with the…
ReviewMagazines
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine # 55 (magazine review).
At long last, issue number 55 of ‘Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine’ has reappeared from the wormhole and it’s now available for sale. Actually,…
ReviewComics
Matt Baker: The Art Of Glamour edited by Jim Amash and Eric Nolen-Weathington (book review).
You might not know the name Matt Baker. After all, he died in 1959, but you might have seen his art around occasionally…
ReviewHorror
Weird Words: A Lovecraftian Lexicon by Dan Clore (book review).
HP Lovecraft liked to use archaic and obscure words, often spelled out in an archaic or at least non-American sort of way. Words…
ReviewFantasy
The Willful Princess And The Piebald Prince by Robin Hobb (book review).
Taken from the cover: ‘One of the darkest legends in the Realm of the Elderlings recounts the tale of the so-called Piebald Prince,…