ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #178 November 2022 (magazine review).
Now here’s something you don’t see every day or even year, an issue of ‘Back Issue’ devoted to one comicbook artist. Editor Roy…
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UncleGeoff
Geoff Willmetts has been editor at SFCrowsnest for some 21 plus years now, showing a versatility and knowledge in not only Science Fiction, but also the sciences and arts, all of which has been displayed here through editorials, reviews, articles and stories. With the latter, he has been running a short story series under the title of ‘Psi-Kicks’
If you want to contribute to SFCrowsnest, read the guidelines and show him what you can do. If it isn’t usable, he spends as much time telling you what the problems is as he would with material he accepts. This is largely how he got called an Uncle, as in Dutch Uncle. He’s not actually Dutch but hails from the west country in the UK.
October 2022
NewsCons
The Highlights of IDW’s Announcements and Panel Reveals from New York Comic Con 2022
In Case You Missed It, IDW Shines a Spotlight on the Best NYCC Moments: Harvey Award Nominees, New Projects, Never-Before-Seen Art, and Events Galore…
ReviewCulture
Retro Fan #23 November 2022 (magazine review).
Expect an interesting learning curve from the latest issue of ‘Retro Fan’. Scott Saavedra’s look at the M&M’s sweets also looks at some…
ReviewMagazines
Back Issue #139 October 2022 (magazine review).
This Back Issue’s sub-title is ‘Not-Ready-For-Primetime Marvel Heroes’ which paraphrases the title of a Saturday night American TV show. Really, it’s a selection…
ReviewScifi
The Complete Roderick by John Sladek (book review).
The last book I read by John Sladek (1937-2000) a long time ago was ‘The Müller-Fokker Effect’ (1970) which I thought was a…
ReviewComics
Fantastic Four: Full Circle by Alex Ross (graphic novel review).
Thank the Illuminatii, a traditional Marvel story. A decent plot, play of dialogue and decent art. Alex Ross might not be using watercolours…
ReviewScifi
City Beneath The Sea, and Secret Beneath The Sea (DVD TV series review).
After the success of the three ‘Pathfinders’ series, Sydney Newman took some of that cast into two series under the sea, scripted by…
NewsCulture
Editorial – October 2022: Freefall Thinking.
Hello everyone, Picking subjects to talk about here is often like playing a playlist. There’s always a big chance for repetition and going…
NewsShort fiction
Not So Vacant Possession: a story by: GF Willmetts.
‘That’s your star there. No, not that one. The one next to it. A little dimmer but also a lot cheaper. Gives you…
NewsScience
Does Goldilocks Make Better Science Fiction Realities? – an article by: GF Willmetts.
When I was reading ‘A Fortunate Universe: Life In A Finely Tuned Cosmos’ by Geraint F. Lewis and Luke A. Barnes in August,…
ReviewScifi
Weird Science Volume 1 (graphic novel review).
I pulled a copy of ‘Weird Science Volume 1’ simply because as much as I’ve read about EC Comics material, other than the…
September 2022
ReviewScifi
The Pathfinders Of Space Trilogy (1960) (DVD TV series review).
Now this really is a quirky TV multi-series from independent company ABC back in 1960-61, produced by Sydney Newman and written by Malcolm…