ReviewScifi
A Sense Of Wonder by John Wyndham, Murray Leinster and Jack Williamson (book review).
When you look at the cover of this fifth reprint of the book, the title, A Sense Of Wonder, is almost lost beneath…
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ReviewHorror
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy unwraps grief, gore and enough bandages to bankrupt Boots (Mark Kermode film review).
There are certain things cinema simply cannot leave buried. Dracula rises every decade or so for another nibble, Frankenstein gets rebooted whenever Hollywood…
ReviewFantasy
Mortal Kombat II arrives to punch cinema in the plot glands (Mark Kermode movie review).
Mortal Kombat II has now cartwheeled into cinemas, dragging with it several realms, a worrying number of sharp objects, and the sort of…
ReviewComics
Secret Six volume 3: Cat’s Cradle by Gail Simone, John Ostrander and J. Calafiore (comic-book review).
Rather uniquely, the third volume of Secret Six is also one of the smallest. Quite how the distribution of pages and stories was…
ReviewHorror
Spider, Spider by L.C. Winter (book review).
‘Spider, Spider’ is the debut novel from L.C. Winter. The categorisation on the rear of the volume defines it as historical fiction and,…
ReviewScifi
Pluto: 3 (Outer Planets Trilogy) by Ben Bova and Les Johnson (book review).
Ben Bova needs little introduction. He published well over 100 books across various genres and was especially well known for his series, The…
ReviewScifi
Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson (book review).
Titles of books are always tricky. An author wants something memorable, so readers who enjoy the book can easily recommend it to friends.…
ReviewScifi
Platform Decay (Murderbot Diaries book 8) by Martha Wells (book review).
‘Platform Decay’ by Martha Wells is the eighth book in her ‘Murderbot Diaries’ series. For those few who do not know, Murderbot is…
ReviewComics
Batman Year 3: The Deluxe Edition by Marv Wolfman, Pat Broderick, John Beatty and Adrienne Roy (graphic novel review).
In many respects, Batman: Year 3 should really be called ‘Batman: Year 13’. Yes, it goes back to the time Dick Grayson became…
ReviewScifi
Inconstant Moon by Larry Niven (book review).
‘Inconstant Moon’ is a Larry Niven anthology of eight stories, mostly written in the 1960s. Back in the early 1970s, when this book…
ReviewComics
The Sequential Art Of Amanda Conner (graphic novel review).
Tracking down some of comic book artist Amanda Conner’s early work for DC Comics is made rather easy with this collection, The Sequential…
ReviewBooks
Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen (book review).
Annie Jacobsen is an investigative American journalist examining the history of Area 51 — less secret these days, but still secretive enough to…