The End of Oak Street: when your quiet suburb time-slips (trailer).
There is something faintly sinister about suburban streets at the best of times. Too neat. Too tidy. Too many identical
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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
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (Mark Kermode’s science fiction film review).
There are films that politely introduce their premise, ease you in, maybe offer a canapé of exposition before the main
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Journey to the Far Side of the Sun: classic scifi film (retrospective).
There are films that stride confidently into cinema history in polished boots, puffed up with their own importance, and then
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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
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Wild Cards: Sleeper Straddle edited by George RR Martin (book review).
‘Wild Cards’ numbers either 32 or 33, there is a rare explanation of what this particular poker hand is. I’m
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Where The Axe Is Buried by Ray Naylor (book review).
Ray Nayler is a Canadian author who largely grew up in California and who has been publishing SF since the
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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
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Cities Are Forests Waiting To Happen by Cécile Cristofari (book review).
Cécile Cristofari is a new author. ‘Cities Are Forests Waiting To Happen’ is her second published book following ‘Elephants In
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Worlds Of Exile And Illusion by Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz Masterworks) (book review).
Amongst the Gollancz Masterworks selection is ‘Worlds Of Exile And Illusion’ by Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018). It’s actually a
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