ReviewScifi
The Explorer by James Smythe (book review)
Apparently Hell is other people, so what does that make the complete absence of company? Heaven? Purgatory? Or perhaps a fresh circle of…
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AidanFortune
Once called a "fountain of useless pop culture knowledge", Aidan is an unashamed geek, grateful that he is allowed share his opinions on a global scale. A journalist by trade, Aidan is a massive fan of comics and recently set up a comics group in Brighton in order to engage more with like-minded people. His home is subject to a constant battle of vintage paraphernalia and science fiction & fantasy toys.
February 2013
ReviewMusic/Audio
The Upward Turn composed by Rod Abernethy (album review)
Game soundtrack legend Rod Abernethy has made his first and hopefully not last foray into a world of music outside of the gaming…
ReviewFantasy
The Educated Ape And Other Wonders Of The Worlds by Robert Rankin (book review)
A Lord wants to unite several worlds through a Grand Exposition, a scientist hopes to create a working time ship, a femme fatale…
ReviewBooks
Retromancer by Robert Rankin (book review)
(pub: Gollancz. 366 page enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99. ISBN: 978-0-575-08497-1 pub: Gollancz. 341 page hardback. Price: £14.99. ISBN: 978-0-575-07872-7) check out websites: www.orionbooks.co.uk…
January 2013
ReviewBooks
The Spy Who Haunted Me (Secret Histories: 3) by Simon R. Green (book review)
The third in a series doesn’t always have a good reputation. ‘The Godfather Part Three’ ruined the legacy of the first two, ‘Spider-Man…
ReviewMusic/Audio
Tron Uprising by Joseph Trapanese (soundtrack review)
Cartoons have come a long way since I was a lad. Gone are the paper-thin plots, average animation and soundtracks that could have…
ReviewFantasy
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (soundtrack review).
When reviewing any piece of work, I do my best to take it in isolation and not let related materials influence my judgement.…
ReviewScifi
London Eye: Toxic City Book One by Tim Lebbon (book review).
A terrorist attack, a city that has been altered beyond all recognition and a group of survivors struggling to make sense of a…
ReviewBooks
Silhouette: A Peacer Novel by Dave Swavely (book review).
Detective novels and science fiction blending into one? What more could you ask for? ‘Silhouette’ is set in a near-future San Francisco that…
ReviewBooks
Disciple/Merge by Walter Mosley (book review)
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine. Part of Walter Mosley’s ‘Crosstown To Oblivion’ series, these…
December 2012
ReviewScifi
Transformers: Exodus – The Official History Of The War For Cybertron by Alex Irvine (book review)
War, huh? What is it good for? Setting up a billion-dollar movie franchise apparently. ‘Transformers: Exodus’ sets the soon-to-be Optimus Prime and Megatron…
ReviewHorror
Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection by Don Roff and illustrated by Chris Lane (book review))
If you were faced with almost certain death, would you make the time to record it and leave it for future generations to…