Ramayana – An Illustrated Retelling by Arshia Sattar with illustrations by Sonali Zohra (book review).
The ‘Ramayana’ is one of the oldest pieces of Hindu literature, thought to date to somewhere between the 7th Century
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Jewels In The Dust by Peter Crowther (book review).
‘Jewels In The Dust’ is a collection of short stories by Peter Crowther. Publishers’ lore states that single-author collections are
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Frozen 2 (animated fantasy: trailer): but will it leave you feeling cold?
More of the same with very popular animated fantasy flick Frozen 2, when Queen Elsa, her sister Anna, Kristoff, Olaf,
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Carnival Row (trailer: new Amazon Prime steampunk series).
Amazon Prime are bringing us a new series on the 30th August 2019 called Carnival Row, set in a steampunk
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Black Static #29 Jul-Aug 2012 (magazine review).
There are some who will wonder if there is any point in reviewing a magazine at this distance from the
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Brightburn (2019) [a film review by Frank Ochieng]
It would have been very interesting sitting inside a Hollywood movie studio board meeting when a pitch was made for
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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol. 29 no. 3-4 #110 (magazine review).
Oddly, the folks at ‘On Spec’ have decided to combine two issues into one, an experiment. Apart from the double
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Mary Poppins Returns (2018) (Blu-ray film review).
If anything, it’s unusual that it took so long for the Disney Studios to do another Mary Poppins film, especially
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Aladdin (2019) [a film review by Frank Ochieng].
Gather around in unison folks as the continuous chanting of ‘they should have left it well alone’ echoes against the
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2019, Volume 136 #741 (magazine review).
The January/February 2019 issue of ‘The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction’ includes a novella, two novelettes and eight short
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