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You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo (book review).
TwiceFar Station sits at the edge of the known universe where trade routes meet. The perfect place to open a restaurant. Niko Larsen,…
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Science fiction, fantasy, horror and steampunk.
December 2021
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Things With Feathers: Stories Of Hope (Third Flatiron Anthologies Book 30) Kindle Edition (ebook review).
‘Here’s another anthology with a theme and the theme, aptly for our times, is hope. Its inspiration is ‘Hope’, a poem by Emily…
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Future Science Fiction Digest #13 (e-magazine review).
‘Future Science Fiction Digest # 13’ is an unusual issue with only three stories, the star being ‘A Mountain Of Dust’ by Wangxiang…
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The End Of The Line edited by Jonathan Oliver (book review).
Using the London Underground as a setting for the bizarre or horrific has a venerable and significant history. Doyle, of course, used the…
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The Many Lives Of Heloise Starchild by John Ironmonger (book review).
‘The Many Lives Of Heloise Starchild’ is fundamentally the story about the experiences of women through a line of matrilineal descent. Think of…
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Orphans Of The Sky by Robert A. Heinlein (book review).
I was pointing out elsewhere that I intended to read Heinlein’s ‘Orphans Of The Sky’ so here we are. It consists of two…
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The Best Short Stories Of Fredric Brown (book review).
If you’re wondering who Fredric Brown is, remember the Frank Kelly Freas picture of the green Martian cynically looking through a keyhole. Brown…
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Blindspace by Jeremy Szal (book review).
Jeremy Szal’s action-packed debut novel ‘Stormblood’ exploded onto the scene last year, introducing us to alien-DNA-infected, ex-soldier Vakov Fukasawa. After agreeing once more…
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The Girl In The Golden Atom by Ray Cummings (book review).
‘The Girl In The Golden Atom’ was originally released in 1922 and makes its author, Ray Cummings (1887-1957) the first SF writer to…
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Mind Bullet by Jeremy Robinson (book review).
Every Jeremy Robinson book is an adventure and ‘Mind Bullet’ could be the most compelling yet. Jonas can kill people with his mind.…
November 2021
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Burning Brightly: 50 Years Of Novacon edited by Ian Whates (book review).
From 1979 onwards, every Novacon SF Convention featured a free special with a short story donated by that year’s guest of honour. This…
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2021, Volume 141 #758 (magazine review).
One of the things that MF&SF does well is inclusivity. The authors represented in this volume originate from all across the globe. Amongst…