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Dark Season (TV serial review).
In December, I watched a BBC documentary about Russell T Davies and it mentioned a children’s BBC series, ‘Dark Season,’ which was new…
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Battle Beyond the Stars: a strangely rollicking ride? (scifi movie retrospective).
Ladies, gentlemen, and extraterrestrial beings of all ages, let’s hop into our time machines and set a course for 1980. Why, you ask?…
ReviewFantasy
The Missing Mummies: Jesperson & Lane Book 3, by Lisa Tuttle (book review).
The Missing Mummies’ is the third outing for the crime-solving duo Jesperson and Lane, set during the 1890s in England. Miss Diane Lane…
ReviewScifi
Hopeland by Ian McDonald (book review).
One of the things that Science Fiction is very good at is speculating about possible futures based on current trends. It can highlight…
ReviewScifi
Summer’s End by John Van Stry (book review).
Dave had to work through college, so his grades aren’t great. All he wants is to translate his engineering credentials into passage off…
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Fantasy and Scifi Books Promo (January 2024).
New year, new books? Yep, that is how it works. 2024 has arrived and here is this month’s round-up of Fantasy and Scifi…
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Badland Hunters: new Netflix scifi film tackling the Apocalypse with a wink and a smile (trailer).
Badland Hunters, the latest cinematic scifi concoction from South Korea, is not your average stroll through a post-apocalyptic playground. Directed by Heo Myung-haeng,…
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How Japanese toys changed the world (video).
In the grand tapestry of global pop culture, Japanese toys and models hold a thread that’s as vibrant and intricate as a well-stitched…