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August 2026

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Gor blimey: swords, giant birds and an extremely dubious Counter-Earth (article).

There are fantasy series which age gracefully. There are fantasy series which become beloved period pieces. And then there is John Norman’s Gor,…

ColonelFrog26 Aug 2026

December 2022

21Dec 2022

FeatureFantasy

Michael Moorcock: his five best novels in fantasy and science fiction (article).

For those unfamiliar with Michael Moorcock, he is a renowned British science fiction and fantasy author who has written numerous novels, short stories,…

ColonelFrog21 Dec 2022

Yu-Gi-Oh! Maze of Machines: Konami loads Bandit Keith’s hardware into a 153-card set for March (card games news).

Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey arrives seven minutes at a time, and Nolan’s $1.78bn epic needn’t lock the doors just yet (AI film news).

Back Issue #26 February 2006 (magazine review)

Gulliver’s Travels at 300: how a Dublin dean invented the flying island, the mad scientist and the moons of Mars, and still found time to be rude about everyone (feature).

Hogwarts Hires Its Ghosts, A Portrait And A Talking Hat, And There’s Still No Sign Of Peeves.

Mouthwashing: Sony buys the doomed space freighter, and Karyn Kusama takes the captain’s chair (film news).

Gulliver’s Travels at 300: how a Dublin dean invented the flying island, the mad scientist and the moons of Mars, and still found time to be rude about everyone (feature).

Creative Futures (Beyond And Within) edited by Allen Stroud (book review)

Mouthwashing: Sony buys the doomed space freighter, and Karyn Kusama takes the captain’s chair (film news).

Marvel’s Zodiac finds its writers: twelve star signs, two spies and a London shoot.

Dogfights Over the Desert: The SFcrowsnest UFO Roundup, October 2026

Exterminate the writers? Russell T Davies calls the BBC boss’s AI Doctor Who remarks “clumsy”, and puts a date on the new Doctor (news).

Maison Ghibli returns to London, and No-Face is moving to Oxford Street (news).

Clayface Oozes To The Top, Warcraft Rolls For Initiative And Essen Runs Out Of Halls (Offworld Report, 22–31 October 2026).

Sir Patrick Stewart (1940–2026): the captain’s final log.

“Never say never”: Phil Lord and Chris Miller have made their peace with losing Solo, and Kathleen Kennedy sent a nice note about Project Hail Mary (Star Wars news).

Netflix’s Bass X Machina unleashes steampunk cowboys, mechanical minotaurs and a suspiciously familiar name

Captain America #16: Doctor Doom repossesses Hell, voids Mephisto’s contracts, and Spider-Man fans start eyeing One More Day (comic news, spoilers).

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