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Weird Science Volume 2: The EC Archives (graphic novel review).
The second volume of ‘Weird Science’ continues reprinting them in an odd order, these from the original # 5-12, so we still haven’t…
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February 2025
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Time Untamed (book review).
Now here’s a surprise. Back in the day, most SF publishers put out a few SF anthologies annually. Like ‘Time Untamed,’ it allowed…
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Under A Crimson Sun: Prospects For Life In A Red Dwarf System by David S. Stevenson (book review).
Under this long title, ‘Under A Crimson Sun: Prospects For Life In A Red Dwarf System,’ author David S. Stevenson actually gives the…
January 2025
ReviewScifi
Knight Moves by Walter Jon Williams (book review).
The Knight’s Move Project is a search for teleportation in the future. The Knight’s Move Project originates from the chess knight, who moves…
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Companion: Mark Kermode’s science fiction film review (video).
Our man of many movies, Mark Kermode, is here to watch the scifi horror flick Companion, and bring you his findings in the…
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The Runes Of Engagement by Dave Klecha & Tobias S. Buckell (book review).
There can be very few readers who are unaware of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy, “Lord of the Rings,” or of the rage of…
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Farewell Horizontal by K.W. Jeter (book review).
This is my first time reading a book by K.W. Jeter, but with a title like ‘Farewell Horizontal,’ you have to be curious…
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Larry Niven: Ringworlds, Puppeteers, and the joy of indestructible Monomolecular Wires (interview).
There are few authors in science fiction who have managed to blend hard science with outright insanity quite as well as Larry Niven,…
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The Twilight Zone: a retrospective (article).
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is vast, it is infinite, and it somehow still makes…
ReviewScifi
The Sound And The Furry: The Complete Hoka Stories by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson (book review).
‘The Sound And The Furry’ consists of two novels: ‘Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!’ and ‘Hokas Pokas.’. The Hokas are a sentient teddy bear-looking species…
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The Gift limited edition 4K Ultra HD (film review).
Originally released in 2000, ‘The Gift’ follows widowed Annie Wilson (actress Cate Blanchett), who has three sons and is a practicing psychic in…
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That Which Stands Outside by Mark Morris (book review).
There is a tradition of horror novels isolating a community or group of people and having nasty things happen to them, often involving…