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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.

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June 2026

ReviewHorror

DeepStar Six (1989) (blu-ray film review).

DeepStar Six originally came out in 1989, and this is the first time I’ve seen it. The film title comes from the undersea…

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May 2026

ReviewMagazines

Alter Ego #35 April 2004 (magazine review).

Editor Roy Thomas admits in his editorial that two major articles in this issue of Alter Ego squeezed out much of the magazine’s…

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ReviewScifi

The Worlds Of Robert Heinlein (book review).

Although I have read most of Robert Heinlein’s novels, it appears I somehow missed this anthology, The Worlds Of Robert Heinlein. The collection…

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ReviewMagazines

Back Issue #5 August 2004 (magazine review).

There are a few back issues, if you’ll pardon the expression, of TwoMorrows Publishing’s Back Issue magazine that have long sat on my…

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ReviewScifi

The Mind Parasites by Colin Wilson (book review).

Writer Colin Wilson (1931-2013) has the distinction of being acknowledged in the introduction to A.E. van Vogt’s novel The Pawns Of Null-A, where…

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ReviewMagazines

Back Issue #166 April 2026 (magazine review).

The subtitle of this 166th edition of Back Issue is ‘Partner Up!’, focusing on various comic book partnerships, although not necessarily sidekicks. The…

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ReviewScifi

Who Goes Here? by Bob Shaw (book review).

In 2386, the Space Legion recruits people who want to forget their pasts. The process is wonderfully simple: sign up and have your…

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