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The Mountain In The Sea by Ray Nayler (book review).
Anyone who has seen the film ‘Arrival’ will be aware of the problems with trying to communicate with a truly alien species. Since…
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November 2023
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sep/Oct 2023, Volume 145 #769 (magazine review).
Maybe it’s the time of year that makes editors turn towards horror, the creepy and the macabre. Certainly, this issue of MF&SF has…
October 2023
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Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll (book review).
Everyone, at some time in their lives, wonders what would have happened if they had made different decisions at key points in their…
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Under The Smokestrewn Sky (Up-And-Under Quartet Vol. 4) by A. Deborah Baker (book review).
Coming to the end of a sequence of books can either give a sense of satisfaction of a well-rounded conclusion or leave the…
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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul/Aug 2023, Volume 145 #768 (magazine review).
There was a time when it was common to note the number of recurring authors that appeared in magazines. Admittedly, there were fewer…
September 2023
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Eclectic Dreams: A Milford Anthology edited by J W Anderson, Pete W. Sutton & Liz Williams (book review).
I have to declare and interest. I have been an attendee at the Milford SF Workshop on a number of occasions. For those…
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The Gogamagog Circus by Garry Kilworth (book review).
Almost every culture has a myth or legend that involves giants. Although, originally, the term referred to a being, not necessarily human in…
August 2023
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The Mythago Cycle Volume 2 by Robert Holdstock (book review).
Folklore and myth is woven through with archetypes, the basis on which heroes and adventurers are built. They are always there in the…
July 2023
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Airside by Christopher Priest (book review).
Christopher Priest is one of Britain’s leading literary novelists. Most of the time he flirts with SF, not producing wholly genre novels but…
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/Jun 2023, Volume 144 #767 (magazine review).
Any magazine worth reading will have a range of contents but not all of the items will appeal to all readers. They are…
June 2023
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The Children Of Pisces: Book Two: The Crystal Earrings by R E Lewin (book review).
When an author plans a series of books and has a good idea of the story arc, it is difficult to decide where…
May 2023
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The Children Of Pisces: Book One, The Two Pendants by R E Lewin (book review).
There are any number of lockdown stories but this one has a twist. R(achel) E Lewin had two lively, intelligent youngsters to entertain.…