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Venus On The Half Shell by Kilgore Trout (book review).
Although it’s hardly a secret now who wrote it, you might not have heard of ‘Venus On The Half Shell’ by Kilgore Trout.…
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December 2025
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MurderBot Season One (TV/blu-ray review).
I’ve watched the first series of ‘MurderBot’ with no real knowledge of the books, so I’m not sure how accurate they are to…
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Above The Timberline by Gregory Manchess (book review).
When I reviewed the latest edition of ‘Illustrators’, I was really impressed by Gregory Manchess’ oil paintings enough to locate this 2017 book,…
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Reality Rift (dark Shepherd book 2) by Fred Gambino (book review).
Many SFCrowsnest readers will, I imagine, be aware of Fred Gambino’s work as a freelance science fiction artist. Starting as an illustrator of…
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Lexx: The Complete Series (DVD TV review).
Everyone seems to forget Lexx’. The first season is of 4 * 90-minute episodes, which might not be convenient for TV but goes…
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All That We See Or Seem by Ken Liu (book review).
With the increased use of technology in our lives, it is inevitable that there will be those, often stereotyped as teenagers, sitting in…
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What Not: A Prophetic Comedy by Rose Macaulay (book review).
‘What Not: A Prophetic Comedy’ was written towards the end of World War One, or the Great War, as it was called then.…
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Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Frank Herbert, Raúl Allén and Patricia Martén (graphic novel review).
‘Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 3: The Prophet’ is the third and final instalment in the graphic novel adaptation of Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’,…
November 2025
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Alien: Earth Season 1 (blu-ray TV series review).
Thank the Illuminati for the Chinese release of the Blu-ray TV series and not having to wait for a UK release. Whether this…
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Cloned Lives by Pamela Sargent (book review).
Back in 1976, cloning was becoming a popular subject, although not entirely new in science fiction. As I’ve pointed out before, AE Van…
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Future To Live By (Polestars 12) by Ana Sun (book review).
Writers have always grasped the belief that the power of the pen surpasses that of the sword. This is especially true for science…
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The Synthetic Man by Theodore Sturgeon (book review).
‘The Synthetic Man’ was originally released as ‘The Dreaming Jewels’ in 1950. This edition was released in 1961. Halfway through the book, the…