ReviewScifi
Plato’s Labyrinth: Dinosaurs, Ancient Greeks And Time Travelers by Michael Carroll (book review).
To many, Michael Carroll, not to be confused with the Irish writer of the same name, is best known as an astronomical artist…
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DaveHardy
David A. Hardy, FBIS, FIAAA is the longest-established living space artist in the West, being first published in 1952. From working almost exclusively in water colours and gouache he has gone on to embrace acrylics, oils, pastels and, since 1991, digital art on a Mac. For more art, including prints of this and other works, visit http://www.astroart.org, where you can find many links, tutorials, books and prints and originals for sale.
Dave is Vice President of the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA) and European VP of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA), and has an asteroid named after him! His SF novel 'Aurora' is now available in a revised and updated edition on Amazon etc. See a review of this and an interview with Pauline Morgan (November 2012) here: https:/?s=hardy
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September 2021
ReviewScifi
Neptune (Outer Planets Trilogy book 2) by Ben Bova (book review)
‘Neptune’ is an unusual book in several ways. One is that it is divided into ‘chapters’ of only one to four pages and…
November 2019
ReviewBooks
Yearbook Of Astronomy: 2020 edited by Brian Jones (book review)
As a little background information, ‘Yearbook Of Astronomy’ was edited by Patrick Moore for 52 consecutive years, until he died in 2012 in…
June 2019
ReviewFilms
For All Mankind (Blu-ray documentary review).
The contents of this Blu-ray disc were originally published in 1989, presumably on video (NTSC/VHS), since even DVDs did not come on to…
May 2019
ReviewScifi
Genesis by Geoffrey Carr (book review).
I actually bought this book at Eastercon, at a launch party put on by Elsewhen Press. When I started reading it I thought…
October 2016
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…
April 2016
ReviewScifi
Evening’s Empires by Paul McAuley (book review)
This new novel, ‘Evening’s Empires’, is set in the same well-imagined ‘universe’ as the author’s ‘The Quiet War’, ‘Gardens Of The Sun’ and…
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Twenty Trillion Leagues Under The Sea by Adam Roberts (book review).
Anyone who has read Adam Roberts’ books will know not to expect a straightforward Science Fiction story. He likes to take classic SF…
March 2016
ReviewScifi
Crash by Guy Haley (book review)
I’d like to start by saying that this is the best ‘hard’ SF book that I’ve read since, probably, ‘The Martian’. Not that…
July 2015
ReviewScifi
Roboteer by Alex Lamb (book review).
The last year or so seems to have been a good one for new hard-SF authors. First we had Andy Weir’s remarkable ‘The…
June 2015
ReviewScifi
Depth by Lev AC Rosen (book review).
There seems to be a trend for near-future SF thrillers set in a post-global warming, flooded Earth, as witness my recent review for…
May 2015
ReviewScifi
Hurricane Fever (book 2) by Tobia S. Buckell (book review).
‘Hurricane Fever’ is, in effect, a sequel to Tobias Buckell’s previous novel, ‘Arctic Rising’. However, only one of its chief characters, the male…