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From The Forest (Saga Of Recluce book 23) by L E Modesitt Jr. (book review).
‘From the Forest’ is the latest book to be issued in The Saga of Recluce’ by L.E. Modesitt, Jr., but actually the first…
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February 2024
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Why We Love Middle-Earth by Shawn E Marchese & Alan Sisto (book review).
Podcasts have done some amazing things with science fiction and fantasy fiction, prompting serious discussion and promoting deeper reading far better than any…
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This Charming Man (volume 2) by C.K.McDonnell (book review).
This is the second volume in a series that began with ‘The Stranger Times’. Based in Manchester, the newspaper of that name is…
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The Stranger Times (book 1) by C.K. McDonnell (book review).
Ever since mankind began to be curious about his environment, he has tried to explain things. What you understand doesn’t seem quite so…
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The Lost Expedition (The Dream Rider Saga book 3) by Douglas Smith (book review)
When thinking about Douglas Smith’s ‘Dream Rider Saga’ and ‘The Lost Expedition’ in particular, the word epic kept bouncing around in my mind.…
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Relight My Fire (book 4) by CK McDonnell (book review).
‘Relight My Fire’ is the fourth book in the series set in the offices of a newspaper that chases the arcane and frankly…
January 2024
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2023, Volume 145 #770 (magazine review).
Many Science Fiction authors consult experts to help them with technical details when the direction of their writing takes them away from their…
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1 (magazine review).
In his introduction, editor and publisher Oliver Brackenbury promises us sword and sorcery stories ‘made with love for the classics, and an inclusive,…
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Tournament Of Shadows by Pauline E. Dungate (book review).
Pauline Dungate is something of an SF renaissance woman. She has been a past Arthur C Clarke award judge and is a noted…
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The Missing Mummies: Jesperson & Lane Book 3, by Lisa Tuttle (book review).
The Missing Mummies’ is the third outing for the crime-solving duo Jesperson and Lane, set during the 1890s in England. Miss Diane Lane…
December 2023
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Barbie (2023) by Mark R. Leeper (a film review).
The narrator of ‘Barbie’ informs us at the outset that before Barbie, all dolls were baby dolls. This is followed by a spoof…
November 2023
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Stroke Of The Pen: The Lost Stories by Terry Pratchett (book review).
The fact Terry Pratchett died back in 2015 hasn’t stopped him from releasing new books. ‘A Stroke Of The Pen’ is a collection…