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The Burning Steelbook (1980) (film Blu-ray review).
[I should point out that the film title is ‘The Burning’ (1980), the ‘Steelbook’ is what its contained in although as an advance…
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The Bewilderment A Hipposync Archives Novel (The Hippsync Archives) by D.C. Farmer (book review).
Bobby Miracle, the joint lead character in ‘The Bewilderment’, sometime Goth and sometime intern, realises she has blown her assignment. She’s about to…
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It Came From The 80s!: Interviews With 214 Cult Filmmakers by Francesco Borseti (book review).
Author Francesco Borseti says from the start that you ought to watch or have seen each of the 33 films covered before reading…
ReviewScifi
Just Over The Horizon: The Complete Short Fiction Of Greg Bear Volume 1 by Greg Bear (book review).
One very big problem of defining a collection or a series of collections as the complete short fiction of a living author is…
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An Apprentice To Elves (Iskryne book 3) by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear (book review).
In all honesty, ‘An Apprentice To Elves’ by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear was a disappointment for me. Without being familiar with the…
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Treachery’s Tools : the Tenth Book of the Imager Portfolio by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
‘Treachery’s Tools’ continues L.E. Modesitt Jr’s ‘Imager Portfolio’ series set on the continent of Solidar, on the world of Terahnar, though the planet’s…
ReviewBooks
Christianity In The Light Of Science edited by John W. Loftus (book review).
I should start by pointing out that ‘Christianity In The Light Of Science’ is a US publication. America and Britain differ considerably in…
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The Best Of Gregory Benford edited by David. G. Hartwell (book review).
‘The Best Of Gregory Benford’ contains thirty-eight stories by Gregory Benford which he and editor David G. Hartwell reckon to be his best.…
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The Circle: A Mathematical Exploration Beyond The Line by Alfred S. Posanebtuer & Robert Geretschläger (book review).
Picking out books to review months in advance can lead to some interesting choices. Take Alfred S. Posanebtuer & Robert Geretschläger’s book, ‘The…
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The Ferryman Institute by Colin Gigl (book review).
It’s tough being part of ‘The Ferryman Institute’ and Charlie Dawson is finding his job particularly onerous. As he is one of the…
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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol. 27 no. 4 #103 (mag review).
As Paulo de Costa is this issue of ‘On Spec’s interviewed author, I might as well start with him. ‘Once Dad, Always Here’…
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The Kingdom Of Bones by Stephen Gallagher (book review).
A Pinkerton detective, an immortal and a brave new world, such is ‘The Kingdom Of Bones’, in which our author Stephen Gallagher begins…