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Ytterbium: EasterCon 2019 (convention report).
Despite initial appearances this is not a report on a rare metal but a personal perspective of the 2019 Eastercon held in the…
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May 2019
October 2018
NewsFantasy
Fantasycon 2018 – a report by Pauline Morgan (convention report).
It is suggested that it is best to start a review of anything with positive and factual things. Fantasycon 2018 was held in…
August 2018
NewsHorror
The Private Life Of Elder Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Keris McDonald & Adam Gauntlett
When H.P. Lovecraft write his first story, ‘The Call Of Chthulu’ in 1928, he was unaware of what he was unleashing onto the…
October 2017
NewsCons
Fantasycon 2017 (convention report).
Peterborough is a nice little town, tricky to drive round but that is where Fantasycon was held this year. Over the weekend of…
October 2016
NewsCons
Fantasycon-by-the-Sea 23rd – 25th September 2016 (event report).
There are many weird and wonderful places suitable for conventions. For those of you unfamiliar with Scarborough, imagine the landmark building as a…
April 2016
NewsCulture
Path Of The Eclipse: A Bali Trip by: Pauline Morgan
No, this is not a review of another Chelsea Quinn Yarbro novel, this is a personal adventure to Indonesia in order to be…
NewsCons
Mancunicon: 25–28 March 2016: a convention report by: Pauline Morgan.
For anyone who has to ask what a Mancunicon is, you’ve missed it. Every year since the 1930s, fans of Science Fiction have…
November 2014
NewsScifi
Dead Man’s Hand edited by John Joseph Adams
This is billed as an anthology of the ‘Weird West’. Westerns themselves have been out of favour for a very long time in…
November 2012
NewsCons
Novacon 42 – 9th-11th November 2012 (con report).
Novacon 42 – 9th– 11th November 2012 A science fiction convention report by Pauline Morgan. Long, long ago (1971) in a city far,…
October 2012
NewsBooks
An Interview with Janet Edwards.
(originally published in the Birmingham SF Group Newsletter) Janet Edwards is a talented new writer and her first novel ‘Earth Girl’ came out…
NewsBooks
David A. Hardy interview.
David A. Hardy is an award winning astronomical artist, European Vice President of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA), and also VP…
August 2012
NewsScifi
The Best of Kage Baker.
The big problem with anything that is labelled ‘Best Of…’ is no one can actually agree what should be included or left out.…