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Enshitification by Cory Doctorow (book review).
I have to confess that until this book by Cory Doctorow, I’d never come across its title word, ‘enshitification’, despite the fact that…
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December 2025
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Retro Fan #39 July 2025 (magazine review).
This edition of ‘Retro Fan’ has its usual mixture and from different perspectives. Writer Mark Voger has a look at writer-director (said under…
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The Art Of Reading Minds (2nd Edition) by Henrik Fexeus (book review).
In his introduction, Swedish author and stage mentalist Henrik Fexeus was surprised his first edition of ‘The Art Of Reading Minds’ sold so…
November 2025
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Do We Want To Lose Creativity To AI? (Editorial – December 2025)
Hello everyone. I’ve said in the past and still believe that the Internet is a global village only with a lot of people…
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Editorial – November 2025: The Future Is Not Set.
Hello everyone, Let’s hope the word police aren’t watching my editorials after my story, ‘Blind Evidence’, last month. The world is still unsettled,…
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The Art Of Influencing Crowds: People Power by Douglas Coop (book review).
As a clinical empath and agoraphobic, I tend to be wary of crowds, as my abilities tend to be overwhelmed by too many…
October 2025
ReviewBooks
Watto’s Wisdom: Zine & Con by Ian Watson (book review).
Once upon a time, SF conventions were smaller, and there were fewer of them. It was possible to know or at least recognise…
September 2025
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Editorial – October 2025: Cover-Ups & Conspiracies.
Hello everyone. In the past, people perceived a ‘cover-up’ as a strategy to prevent information from reaching the press. Despite the Internet and…
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Retro Fan #38 June 2025 (magazine review).
Under new editor Ed Catto, ‘Retro Fan’ has gotten back to larger articles. Andy Mangels covers ‘Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends’; these are…
August 2025
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SF: A Point Of Initials, an article by GF Willmetts.
Back in 2014 and a few times since, I’ve discussed the 17 sub-genres of science fiction, which included science fiction romance. I considered…
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Retro Fan #37 March 2025 (magazine review).
This edition of ‘Retro Fan’ introduces new editor Ed Catto to the fold. Objectively, TwoMorrows rarely changes editors, so it’ll be fascinating to…
July 2025
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Time Frame: an article by GF Willmetts.
Something that has always been gotten wrong in most science fiction is the belief that even faster-than-light brings different worlds into the same…