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Odyssey: When Nolan’s ancient Greece gets the IMAX Treatment (trailer).
There are remakes, there are reboots, and then there’s Christopher Nolan deciding to have a go at The Odyssey, which is rather like…
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May 2026
April 2026
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House Of The Dragon Season 3 Looms (trailer).
Here at SFcrowsnest, we’ve learned two things about Westeros over the years. First, never trust a smiling noble with a goblet. Second, if…
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The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (book review).
Libraries are important in the lives of many a reader, so it is not surprising that there has been a considerable amount of…
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The Falling Sky: The Talmont Trilogy book 3 by David Hair (book review).
Can six sexy swordspeople and sorcerers save the Talmont Empire from the apocalypse planned by its founder? That’s the big question in The…
March 2026
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Harry Potter series arrives from HBO over Christmas 2026 (trailer).
Well, it was only a matter of time. In a move that will surprise absolutely nobody who has glanced at a streaming balance…
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Jon Courtenay Grimwood heads back into fantasy with John Jarrold in tow (publishing news).
Some books arrive neatly pressed, polished and ready for market. Others spend twenty years rattling chains in the attic, refusing to die until…
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Daughter Of Crows (The Academy Of Kindness book 1) by Mark Lawrence (book review).
The three Furies punish the gods for their crimes. In the ancient past, humanity sinned so well that the Fates came to earth…
February 2026
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Paved With Good Intentions by Peter McLean (book review).
Eline’s life changes dramatically when she kills Caromir, her husband of twenty years. He lifted his hand to strike her yet again; something…
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The Other Frankenstein by Melissa P. Olson (book review).
Retelling classic novels, particularly if the aim is to give them a more contemporary twist, is always risky. But with ‘The Other Frankenstein’,…
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The Second Chance Cinema by Thea Weiss (book review).
Relationships are difficult things to navigate. Couples often say they have no secrets and tell each other everything. They may think so, but…
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The Anechoic Chamber And Other Weird Tales by Will Wiles (book review).
I read a great many author collections, and this ‘The Anechoic Chamber And Other Weird’ is Will Wiles’ first and outstandingly different, quirky…
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The Book Of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso (book review).
Modern society, with most people carrying smartphones, has made writing fiction more problematic if the characters need to do things off the grid.…