Retro Fan #42 January 2026 (magazine review).
From the cover, it becomes pretty obvious that this edition of ‘Retro Fan’ is special. Writer Mark Voger brings out
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Editorial – March 2026: What Is It Good For?
Hello everyone. Editorials, as I have said in the past, are hard beasts to write if you want to use
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Writing Science Fiction: an article by GF Willmetts.
Introduction I think people are beginning to forget how to write science fiction. I am referring to authentic science fiction,
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What Is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger (book review).
I came across this book, ‘What Is Life?’ by Erwin Schrödinger, last year. If the author sounds familiar, it should
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Editorial – February 2026: Escapism Is Equivalent To A Deep Breath.
Hello everyone, Hardly the most auspicious start to the new year, and, from the looks of things, likely to get
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Retro Fan #41 November 2025 (magazine review).
As you can tell from the cover of this issue of ‘Retro Fan’, a major article by Herbie J. Pilato
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Art Cure: The Science Of How The Arts Transform Our Health by Daisy Fancourt (book review).
I came across an article by author Daisy Fancourt in ‘New Scientist’ regarding how the arts can improve your mental
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The Internet Con: How To Seize The Means Of Computation by Cory Doctorow (book review).
I greatly admire Cory Doctorow, particularly his non-fiction books. This one, The Internet Con: How To Seize The Means Of
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Retro Fan #40 September 2025 (magazine review).
Another 1960s or so mix with the 40th edition of ‘Retro Fan’. This time, writer Mark Voger looks at the
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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
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