The Stone God Awakens by Philip José Farmer (book review).
Originally published by Ace Books in 1970, Meteor House have given ‘The Stone God Awakens’ its first limited hardcover edition, alongside an unlimited…
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Originally published by Ace Books in 1970, Meteor House have given ‘The Stone God Awakens’ its first limited hardcover edition, alongside an unlimited…
One of the recurring themes in Cixin Liu’s short stories is the arrival of an enormous alien artefact in the skies of Earth.…
This Back Issue’s sub-title is ‘Not-Ready-For-Primetime Marvel Heroes’ which paraphrases the title of a Saturday night American TV show. Really, it’s a selection…
‘The Hollow Boys’ by Douglas Smith is a fast-paced and entertaining introduction to a new series. Will Dreycott has a secret. Actually,…
It’s been a year since the first four Cixin Liu graphic novels were released, so the arrival of the next four is very…
The last book I read by John Sladek (1937-2000) a long time ago was ‘The Müller-Fokker Effect’ (1970) which I thought was a…
Thank the Illuminatii, a traditional Marvel story. A decent plot, play of dialogue and decent art. Alex Ross might not be using watercolours…
After the success of the three ‘Pathfinders’ series, Sydney Newman took some of that cast into two series under the sea, scripted by…
Alabine Rivers wants to change the world. Disillusioned by the greed and the double dealing that makes politics work, Alabine feels lost until…
Mark Kermode is here to tell us what he thinks of horror film Smile, where Dr. Rose Cotter begins having terrifying, unexplainable events…
I pulled a copy of ‘Weird Science Volume 1’ simply because as much as I’ve read about EC Comics material, other than the…
While a magazine is a useful sounding-board for new voices, sampling newcomers to a long established field, it is also useful to have…