ReviewBooks
Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig (book review).
It might have taken thirty-two years but, with the publication of Chuck Wendig’s novel ‘Star Wars: Aftermath’, we now have the definitive story…
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September 2015
August 2015
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Companion Piece: Women Celebrate The Humans, Aliens And Tin Dogs Of Doctor Who edited by L.M. Myles and Liz Barr (book review).
‘Fear makes companions of all of us’ is one of the many really good lines in season 1 of ‘Doctor Who’ and undoubtedly…
July 2015
ReviewScifi
The Ocean Of Time (Roads To Moscow: Book 2) by David Wingrove (book review)
Time agent Otto Behr may have found the love of his life but, when a thirteenth century mission to Moscow goes badly wrong,…
ReviewFantasy
The Whispering Swarm (The Sanctuary Of The White Friars book 1) by Michael Moorcock (book review).
‘The Whispering Swarm’ is Michael Moorcock’s latest fantasy novel and is somewhat unusual in that it also serves as a fictitious biography for…
ReviewScifi
Armada by Ernest Cline (book review).
‘Armada’ is the latest novel from author Ernest Cline, writer of the phenomenally popular ‘Ready Player One’, a book that Steven Spielberg will…
June 2015
ReviewBooks
Space Helmet For A Cow: The Mad, True Story Of Doctor Who Volume 1 (1963-1989) by Paul Kirkley (book review).
I almost didn’t make it through the whole of ‘Space Helmet For A Cow’. Paul Kirkley’s writing style in the first chapter was…
ReviewBooks
Star Wars: Lords Of The Sith by Paul S. Kemp (book review).
Having reviewed ‘Star Wars’ books for a little while now, I’ve noticed that the books about ‘evil’ characters tend to fall into two…
ReviewBooks
Star Wars: Heir To The Jedi by Kevin Hearne (book review).
As 2015 lumbers on with all the speed and grace of an AT-AT on Dagobah, Del Rey books (Century reprints in the UK)…
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Star Wars: The Adventures Of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight by Tony Diterlizzi and Ralph McQuarrie (book review).
‘Star Wars: The Adventures Of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight’ is a children’s picture book aimed at relating the events of the original trilogy…
May 2015
ReviewBooks
The Unofficial Doctor Who Big Book Of Lists by Cameron K. McEwan and Andrew Skilleter (book review)
‘The Unofficial Doctor Who Big Book Of Lists’ by Cameron K. McEwan shouldn’t be confused with ‘Doctor Who: The Book Of Lists’ by…
ReviewHorror
Shardik by Richard Adams (book review).
Richard Adams’ second novel ‘Shardik’, published two years after the massively successful ‘Watership Down’, is a true beast of a book. The novel’s…
ReviewFantasy
Child Of A Hidden Sea by A.M. Dellamonica (book review).
‘Child Of A Hidden Sea’ is a fun fantasy novel by Canadian author AM Dellamonica. The novel concerns twenty-four year-old Sophie Hansa who,…