ReviewScifi
A Sense Of Wonder by John Wyndham, Murray Leinster and Jack Williamson (book review).
When you look at the cover of this fifth reprint of the book, the title, A Sense Of Wonder, is almost lost beneath…
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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.
May 2026
ReviewComics
Secret Six volume 3: Cat’s Cradle by Gail Simone, John Ostrander and J. Calafiore (comic-book review).
Rather uniquely, the third volume of Secret Six is also one of the smallest. Quite how the distribution of pages and stories was…
ReviewComics
Batman Year 3: The Deluxe Edition by Marv Wolfman, Pat Broderick, John Beatty and Adrienne Roy (graphic novel review).
In many respects, Batman: Year 3 should really be called ‘Batman: Year 13’. Yes, it goes back to the time Dick Grayson became…
ReviewScifi
Inconstant Moon by Larry Niven (book review).
‘Inconstant Moon’ is a Larry Niven anthology of eight stories, mostly written in the 1960s. Back in the early 1970s, when this book…
ReviewComics
The Sequential Art Of Amanda Conner (graphic novel review).
Tracking down some of comic book artist Amanda Conner’s early work for DC Comics is made rather easy with this collection, The Sequential…
ReviewBooks
Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen (book review).
Annie Jacobsen is an investigative American journalist examining the history of Area 51 — less secret these days, but still secretive enough to…
April 2026
ReviewCulture
Retro Fan #43 March 2026 (magazine review).
I think we British were spared The Partridge Family and The Brady Bunch when they first aired. Reading writer Mark Voger’s interviews with…
ReviewBooks
Brainwashing by Kathleen Taylor (book review).
I pulled this book, Brainwashing by Kathleen Taylor, quite a while back and have finally worked it into my reading schedule. As it…
ReviewBooks
Jim Aparo: Brave & Bold Artist by Eric Nolen-Weathington and Jim Amash (book review).
Jim Aparo (1932–2005) was to Batman what Curt Swan was to Superman: always there, reliably turning out pages for a character he clearly…
ReviewScifi
The Infinity Box by Kate Wilhelm (book review).
‘The Infinity Box’ is a ten-story anthology by Kate Wilhelm, all written in the early 1970s. This paperback is a second printing. The…
ReviewMagazines
Comic Book Creator #42 March 2026 (magazine review).
One thing I like about ‘Comic Book Creator’ is it often coughs up interviews of creators I’ve never heard of but insights into…
ReviewBooks
On The Trail Of The Prisoner by Catherine Németh Fraumerman (book review).
The full title of Catherine Németh Fraumerman’s booklet, ‘On The Trail Of The Prisoner’, includes the subtitle ‘A Walking Guide To Portmeirion’s Prisoner…