ReviewBooks
The Avengers: Kree/Skrull War by Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, Neal Adams and John Buscema (graphic novel review)
One of the of gaps in my comicbook collection was getting all the issues of the Kree/Skrull War in The Avengers # 89-97…
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Callan: This Man Alone (DVD review).
I’ve reviewed the ‘Callan’ TV series here a while back and didn’t really expect to see much more available on the subject. After…
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The World Below by Susan Bartholomew (book review)
There is no copyright on titles. This can make it very confusing for a reader who may only have that to go on.…
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The Making Of Casino Royale (1967) by Michael Richardson (book review)
Long before the Daniel Craig ‘Casino Royale’ film, there was the spoof version back in 1967 that, even in my pre-teen years, I…
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A Numerate Life by John Allen Paulos (book review)
John Allen Paulos is a prominent American mathematician with eight previous books behind him that I haven’t seen. At this point in his…
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The Politics Of Big Fantasy by John C. McDowell (book review).
If there was one reason alone to buy this book then it would be the cover where Princess Leila Organa is showing muscle…
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Tracers (2015) (DVD review).
‘Parkour’ is a term we will not readily recognise but once informed most instantly know what it’s all about, that being the discipline…
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Y Negative by Kelly Haworth (book review).
Ember is Y Negative. In the world created by Kelly Haworth for her novel, ‘Y Negative’, that means Ember is not a man…
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The Skull Throne (Demon Cycle book 4) by Peter V. Brett (book review).
Arlen and Jardir have disappeared after plummeting off a cliff during their battle. Nobody knows if they’re still alive or what happened to…
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Déjà Vu by Ian Hocking (book review).
Every now and then a story comes along that makes me sit up and take a bit of notice. Well, ‘Déjà Vu’ by…
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Googolplex by K.G. Johansson (ebook review).
Jack is several hundred years old, having learned to transfer his consciousness to new bodies, thanks to the aliens known as Multis. In…
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Hell’s Foundations Quiver (Safehold book 8) by David Weber (book review).
With book 8 of David Weber’s ‘Safehold’ series, ‘Hell’s Foundations Quiver’ continues from ‘Like A Mighty Army’ from March, the next month, and…