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Black Ships by Jo Graham (book review).
‘Black Ships’ is an interesting retelling of Aeneus’s story from the perspective of Gull, a priestess of Apollo. While Jo Graham’s novel might…
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May 2024
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The Wolfe At The Door by Gene Wolfe (book review).
To many readers, Gene Wolfe was best known for his ‘Book of the New Sun’ series, which began with ‘The Shadow of the…
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House of the Dragon: catching up before Season 2 unleashes more Fire and Fury (trailer).
Crikes, dragon enthusiasts and reluctant Game of Thrones fans! Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the fantasy waters,…
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The Rocketeer: Cult Classic or Forgotten Flop? (movie retrospective)
Ah, the early 90s—when the internet was barely a whisper, Michael Jackson was still moonwalking, and Disney was on a mission to turn…
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The Hunt for Gollum: Frodo’s Fishy Friend fetched by fanciful fans (Chris Bouchard interview).
In a world where Tolkien fandom meets an epic dose of DIY, The Hunt for Gollum emerges as a film that proves you…
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A Guile Of Dragons (A Tournament Of Shadows book 1) by James Enge (book review).
James Enge’s ‘A Guile Of Dragons’ is the first book in the `A Tournament of Shadows’ series. As such it is not strictly…
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The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld: 50th Anniversary Special Edition by Patricia A. McKillip (book review).
It is hard to determine what makes a book a classic. Previously, schoolchildren were required to read books by deceased male authors like…
April 2024
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The Book That Broke The World (The Library Trilogy Book 2) by Mark Lawrence (book review).
Once upon a time, there were two brothers. Irad built a library that spans both the world and time to house all the…
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On Spec Magazine #127 Vol. 34 No. 1 (magazine review).
A dedicated team in Canada produces ‘On Spec’, a long-running speculative fiction magazine, on a tight budget. I tend to focus on the…
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Seize Them! (Mark Kermode’s fantasy comedy movie review)
Our man-of-many-movies, Mark Kermode, hoists the flags and sounds the fanfares, for there’s a new chuckle-fest on the British silver screen that’s sure…
March 2024
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The Librarian Trilogy: The Librarian: Quest For The Spear, The Librarian: Return To Solomon’s Mines and The Librarian: Curse Of The Judas Chalice (film review).
Before you watch the TV series ‘The Librarians’, you need to watch the three earlier films. I pulled them as a boxset, and…
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Around The World In Eighty Days/The Other Log Of Phileas Fogg: The Full Account by Jules Verne & Philip José Farmer (book review).
In ‘A Note from the publisher on publication of The Full Account’ Michael Croteau states:- ‘The book opens with ‘Jules Verne’s Extraordinary Voyages…