ReviewFantasy
The Somnambulist And The Psychic Thief by Lisa Tuttle (book review).
Getting past the title and it’s a bit of a mouthful, not to say a spell-check nightmare, ‘The Somnambulist And The Psychic Thief’…
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ReviewMagazines
Back Issue # 92 October 2016 (magazine review).
If you read the top headline on Back Issue # 92’s cover, you will see it is called the ‘Bronze Age Halloween Issue’.…
ReviewScifi
Outposts Of Beyond edited by Tyree Campbell (ebook review).
The cover painting for this fourth anniversary issue of ‘Outposts Of Beyond’ is a ‘Dune’ sandworm and the picture is credited as ‘Shai…
ReviewComics
Essential Iron Man – Volume 5 by Len Wein and Mike Friedrich (graphic novel review).
In black and white on cheap paper, Essential Iron Man # 5 follows the usual pattern. It contains reprints of Iron Man #…
ReviewHorror
Angel: The Official Collection: Heroes & Guardian Angels: Volume One (book review).
As time passes and TV’s ‘Angel’ is remembered fondly and occasionally pops up on cable there is a certain mistiness about memory. This…
ReviewFantasy
The Last Adventure Of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez (book review).
Connie is an action hero thanks to being gifted this by her fairy godmother at birth. She’s had enough now, thank you. Recruiting…
ReviewBooks
The Sacrifice Of Sherlock Holmes by Jonathan Barnes (CD story review).
The final conflict is nigh with ‘The Sacrifice Of Sherlock Holmes’. The much awaited conclusion of the series by Big Finish and writer…
ReviewFantasy
Prudence: Book One of The Custard Protocol by Gail Carriger (book review).
‘Prudence’ is book one in the new ‘Custard Protocol’ series by Gail Carriger, which focuses on Prudence Alessandra Macon Akeldama (Alexia Tarabotti’s metanatural…
ReviewBooks
The Films Of John Carpenter by John Kenneth Muir (book review).
When John Kenneth Muir’s book, ‘The Films Of John Carpenter’, appeared in Eurospan’s UK books distributed over here this year, I thought it…
ReviewScifi
Ancient Appetites (The Wildenstern Saga book 1) by Oisin McGann (book review).
‘Ancient Appetites’ is book one in ‘The Wildenstern Saga’, which currently stands at three books and one novella. They are classed as YA,…
ReviewFantasy
Tim Burton: The Iconic Filmmaker And His Works: Unofficial And Unauthorised by Ian Nathan (book review).
We’re all familiar with most of director Tim Burton’s films and know his odd reputation for the bizarre. Reading his back story in…
ReviewBooks
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (book review).
If you like alternate fiction and have an affection for Anthony Horowitz and, let’s face it, he can do no wrong. (although I’m…