ReviewHorror
Savage Magic (book 3) by Lloyd Shepherd (book review).
When a wealthy member of the aristocracy is murdered in his own London home, his body found sliced open and a satyr’s mask…
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John Rivers
August 2014
ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who – ‘Deep Breath – The Spoiler Review by John Rivers (TV review).
Type ‘Doctor Who Deep Breath review’ into Google and it currently has 138,000 results. By the time you read this the number will…
ReviewBooks
Who Is Michael E Briant? by Michael E Briant (book review).
Who Is Michael E Briant? Well, I’ll tell you. Michael E Briant is a TV director turned sailor who worked largely for the…
ReviewFantasy
The Emperor Of All Things (The Production Of Time book 1) by Paul Witcover (book review).
‘The Emperor Of All Things’ by Paul Witcover is a diverting story of an alternate eighteenth century London and the battle between our…
June 2014
ReviewBooks
Through Time: An Unauthorised and Unofficial History of Doctor Who by Andrew Cartmel (book review).
‘Through Time’ is an examination of ‘Doctor Who’, a brief history of the show and a criticism of some, but definitely not all…
ReviewBooks
Star Wars: Maul: Lockdown by Joe Schreiber (book review).
For all the scorn heaped on to ‘The Phantom Menace’, some deservedly so, there was a feeling that the most successful character was…
ReviewScifi
Dream London by Tony Ballantyne (book review).
London has changed. Salamanders scavenge in its alleyways and golden snakes live under floorboards. Most of the city has been bought up by…
ReviewFantasy
Beowulf: a translation and commentary together with Sellic Spell by JRR Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (book review).
Words he spake, ‘his mail gleamed upon him, woven like stuff in crafty web by the cunning of smiths: ‘Hail to thee, Hrothgar!…
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…
May 2014
ReviewFantasy
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…