ReviewScifi
All That We See Or Seem by Ken Liu (book review).
With the increased use of technology in our lives, it is inevitable that there will be those, often stereotyped as teenagers, sitting in…
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December 2025
ReviewFantasy
Make-Believe And Artifice (Polestars 11) by Rose Biggin (book review).
Many of us admit to having imaginary friends when we were young, and most children play at make-believe. It is their way of…
November 2025
ReviewFantasy
Installment Immortality (An InCryptid novel book 14) by Seanan McGuire (book review).
For those who are unfamiliar with the term, a cryptid is a creature that appears in mythology or folklore but has not been…
ReviewScifi
Future To Live By (Polestars 12) by Ana Sun (book review).
Writers have always grasped the belief that the power of the pen surpasses that of the sword. This is especially true for science…
ReviewHorror
The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (book review).
The idea of vampires, or the blood-drinking undead, has been around for a very long time, appearing in the folklore of all continents.…
October 2025
ReviewFantasy
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (book review).
One of the pieces of advice often given to aspiring authors is to write about what they know. While this is difficult when…
ReviewFantasy
Warriors Of The Boundless by Mike Chinn (book review).
Here we have great swords and sorcery adventures. Author Mike Chinn defines the ‘Warriors Of The Boundless’ as ‘endless realms stacked and clustered……
ReviewScifi
Citadel Of The Moon (Batrix And Scilli book 2) by Mike Chinn (book review).
A sequel to ‘Hail The New Age’, ‘Citadel Of The Moon’ is another fantasy novel by the very busy Mike Chinn. Again, we…
ReviewFantasy
Don’t Go To Work The World Is Ending by Paul Dalton (book review).
When a new writer comes on the scene, the problem always is to make the reading public pick it up for a closer…
ReviewScifi
Retrovival by Douglas Thompson (book review).
At the centre of some books there is a good, original idea. What is important is the way this is used. That is…
ReviewFantasy
Magic At The Grand Dragonfly Theatre by Brandie June (book review).
Too many fantasy novels involve themselves with the politics of the created world. The plot often centres on characters who seek power or…
ReviewBooks
Watto’s Wisdom: Zine & Con by Ian Watson (book review).
Once upon a time, SF conventions were smaller, and there were fewer of them. It was possible to know or at least recognise…