FeatureStar Trek
In a Galaxy Far, Far Away… someone finally understood bureaucracy? (article)
When it comes to science fiction’s grand empires, few franchises carry the weight of Star Wars and Star Trek. They’re the Coke and…
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May 2025
May 2025
TrailerFantasy
The Librarians: The Next Chapter (fantasy TV series trailer).
Librarians. Keepers of ancient tomes, shushers of the unruly, warriors against chaos… Wait, what? Yes, The Librarians: The Next Chapter is dusting off…
TrailerScifi
Mule-ing around the Galaxy: Foundation season 3 goes full Psychohistory (trailer).
The Empire is crumbling, the maths is mutinous, and someone’s finally taken the term “mind games” a bit too literally. Yes, Foundation…
ReviewFantasy
The Devils (book 1) by Joe Abercrombie (book review).
Joe Abercrombie is back with a new potential, probable series of books about unlikely heroes. The Pope is a ten year-old girl who…
NewsIllustration
How to Draw Comics the SFcrowsnest Way (or at least not get laughed out of art school).
So, you want to draw comics? Good for you, brave soul. You’ve decided to embark on a noble journey that involves imagination, persistence,…
NewsOffworld Report
Editorial – May 2025: SFCrowsnest, all change?
SFCrowsnest Status. Hello everyone, Although you won’t spot it because we haven’t had a suffix change this time, SFCrowsnest is now on a…
NewsCulture
Books Become A Grail Of Life: an article, or musing, by GF Willmetts.
Once upon a time, before the Internet existed, the only ways to find rare out-of-print books that you wanted to read were visiting…
NewsScifi
Myth Or Bust: a short story by GF Willmetts.
You visit a new inhabited planet and you would think it was the second coming to the inhabitants. Then again, considering the distance…
NewsDoctor Who
Doctor Who series 15 (or 40 depending on how you count): Episode 4, Lucky Day by Pete McTighe.
It seems every human companion of the Doctor who returns safely to Earth ends up being offered a job at UNIT. Yes, there…
ReviewComics
The Legion: Foundations by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning and many artists (graphic novel review).
I’ve got to a stage wondering if I’ve missed any ‘Legion Of Super-Heroes’ stories. I think I’m missing one volume, even if I…
ReviewBooks
An Informal History Of The Pulp Magazines by Ron Goulart (book review).
Author Ron Goulart was told by pulp fiction writer W.T. Ballard that the problem of writing about the pulp magazines was he couldn’t…
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #108 April 2012 (magazine review).
The 108th edition of ‘Alter Ego’ is significant for being its first issue to be in full colour. Editor Roy Thomas explains that…