ReviewBooks
Star Wars: Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn (book review).
What happens when some smugglers, swindlers, gamblers and the odd Rebel team-up to conduct a heist on high-ranking figure from one of the…
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June 2014
May 2014
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Black Angel (1980) (film review).
Prior to the 1980 release of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’, George Lucas wanted an accompanying short film that would be suitable to be…
ReviewScifi
The Eidolon by Libby McGugan (book review).
There are two distinct themes at work in Libby McGugan’s philosophical science thriller ‘The Eidolon’. One is the very interesting relationship between our…
ReviewFantasy
Talus And The Frozen King by Graham Edwards (book review).
When the King of Creyak, a remote island in ‘the North’ is found dead, the villagers are thrown into confusion. Regicide is something…
ReviewBooks
Star Wars: Empire And Rebellion: Honor Among Thieves by James S.A. Corey (book review).
‘Star Wars: Honour Among Thieves’ and includes the short story ‘Silver and Scarlet’, all by James SA Corey now occupies a unique place…
ReviewFantasy
The Lascar’s Dagger (The Forsaken Lands book 1) by Glenda Larke (book review).
Necessity is the mother of invention. As the post-war UK experienced a paper shortage in the early 1950s ‘Lord Of The Rings’ was…
April 2014
ReviewFantasy
The Gospel Of Loki by Joanne M. Harris (book review).
The profile of Loki, the Trickster God, agent of Chaos has never been higher. Thanks to the ‘Thor’ and ‘Avengers’ movies from Disney/Marvel…
ReviewBooks
The Han Solo Adventures (featuring Han Solo At Stars’ End, Han Solo’s Revenge and Han Solo And The Lost Legacy) by Brian Daley (book review).
There has been much talk lately of the ‘Star Wars’ spin-off movies, with Disney wanting to pursue a similar approach to their work…
ReviewFantasy
Song Of The Vikings And The Making Of Norse Myths by Nancy Marie Brown (book review).
Snorri Sturluson was a poet, politician and scholar. He lived from 1179 to 1241 and is one of the reasons that contribute to…
March 2014
ReviewFantasy
Duncton Wood (The Duncton Chronicles) by William Horwood (book review).
‘Duncton Wood’, William Horwood’s first novel, falls into that niche brand of fantasy that is often referred to as ‘animal’. There’s no other…
February 2014
ReviewBooks
Kat On A Hot Tin Airship by Sam Stone (book review).
‘Kat On A Hot Tin Airship’ is the second of Sam Stone’s steampunk pastiche adventures featuring demon hunter Kat Lightfoot. While the first…
ReviewFantasy
The Legend Of Sigurd And Gudrún by JRR Tolkien (edited by Christopher Tolkien) (book review).
The classical myths of southern Europe have dominated our culture for so long it’s difficult to imagine that other mythologies are equally as…