ReviewCri-Fi
A Century Of Hitchcock: The Man, The Myths, The Legacy by Tony Lee Moral (book review).
It goes without saying that Alfred Hitchcock is still famous today as one of the masters of cinema. Films such as Vertigo, North…
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July 2026
February 2026
ReviewFantasy
The Other Frankenstein by Melissa P. Olson (book review).
Retelling classic novels, particularly if the aim is to give them a more contemporary twist, is always risky. But with ‘The Other Frankenstein’,…
October 2025
ReviewScifi
Lucid: The Dreamwalker book 1 of 3 by Oraine Johnson (book review).
By any standards, ‘Lucid’ is a solid debut novel. While author Oraine Johnson already has an established career in the arts, what he’s…
ReviewFantasy
The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely (book review).
‘The Lost Reliquary’ effectively engages the reader from the very first line. The protagonist, Lys, is part of the crowd gathered for the…
May 2025
ReviewScifi
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin (book review).
I think this might be SF with shades of living in a digital reality. People on the island question the social order and…
ReviewAnime/manga
Ronin Uprising by Frank Miller, Philip Tan and Daniel Henriques (graphic novel review).
‘Ronin Rising’ combines samurai-style combat with dystopian Science Fiction but, while the artwork is okay, the story doesn’t really make much sense. First,…
March 2025
ReviewScifi
Extinction by Douglas Peston (book review).
Needless to say, when I started reading this book, ‘Extinction by Douglas Peston’, the shadow of ‘Jurassic Park’ was already looming large at…
January 2025
ReviewScifi
The Three-Body Problem, Volume 1 (of 10) by Liu Cixin with art by Xudong Cai (graphic novel review).
Cixin Liu’s novel, ’The Three-Body Problem, was published in China in 2008 and has since gone on to become a successful media franchise,…
November 2024
ReviewFantasy
Pandora (Book 1) written by Frank Miller and Emma Kubert with art by Anthony Maranville and Chris Silvestri (graphic novel review).
Annabeth is a fifteen-year-old stuck in an unhappy home and without real friends at school. Her mother makes ends meet running a low-end…
October 2024
ReviewScifi
Stations Of The Tide by Michael Swanwick (book review).
To the watery world of Miranda comes the Bureaucrat, the unnamed protagonist of a very strange but in some ways rather splendid novel,…
September 2024
ReviewFantasy
War Of The God Queen by David Hambling (book review).
In some ways, ‘War Of The God Queen’ is another version of the familiar story outline where a modern and relatable person finds…
August 2024
ReviewHorror
Broken Meats (The Harry Stubbs Adventures) by David Hambling (book review).
Having greatly enjoyed the first instalment of Harry Stubbs’ adventures, The Elder Ice, I’m pleased to report that retired boxer and occasional debt…