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Crime fiction and thrillers bring detectives, mysteries, conspiracies and close escapes to the SFcrowsnest archive, including stories where the investigation crosses paths with science fiction, fantasy and horror.

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August 2023

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Mandrake, The Magician (film serial review).

Another 1950s series that seems to have slipped under the radar but is available in high-quality DVD is “Mandrake, The Magician,” adapted from…

UncleGeoff12 Aug 2023

ghost – end of night: Sonny Boy’s director imagines a world without work, and somehow it is still miserable (anime trailer).

Salon closes after 31 years. SFcrowsnest, which got online four years earlier, raises a quiet glass (opinion).

Criminal teaser: Prime Video raids the Brubaker and Phillips back catalogue, and sensibly leaves the guns at home.

Futuristic: Rockets, Robots And Rayguns Of Space Age Pop Culture by Mark Voge (book review).

A Court of Forgotten Melody goes on a European billboard tour, one ominous sentence at a time (book news).

Trinity takes the graveyard shift: Carrie-Anne Moss joins Halsey’s underground radio horror Replacer (film news).

Slopcore: the robots have formed a band, and they’d like a word about your P(doom).

Communion with the weather: The Day After Tomorrow freezes Netflix’s chart 22 years on, and it all started with the alien-abduction man (film news).

Fantastic Mr Fixer: Olivia Colman’s talking fox offers Jai Courtney a deal he really should refuse (The Fox trailer).

Spy x Family Season 4 and a second film: Operation Strix has its budget renewed for 2027 (anime news).

Teghaza 001: a rose-pink rock from the Sahara turns out to be a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars (science news).

John Leeson (1943–2026): the voice of K9, Rainbow’s first Bungle, and the Doctor’s most loyal companion (obituary).

Godzilla Minus Zero: the big lad turns 72 by stomping into Japanese cinemas, with America next on Friday (monster movie news).

Dragon Ball Z Goes To Court, Gorilla Grodd Stands Trial And Arkane Gets Suitors (Offworld Report, 1–5 November 2026).

Resistance is futile, and so is your wallet: Magic: The Gathering boldly goes Star Trek (tabletop news).

Darth Vader meets Doctor Doom, and the cape budget doubles: Hope Assembles unveils new variant covers (comics news).

Bass X Machina: Netflix’s steampunk Bass Reeves rides in tomorrow, packing a mechanical West and Brian Tyree Henry (TV news).

Doctor Doom in Marvel Rivals: two roles, one ego, if the leakers are right (games rumour).

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Crime and thriller fiction

August 2023

Mandrake, The Magician (film serial review).