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Aria: Left Luggage (book 1 of 3) by Geoff Nelder (book review).
Everyone knows about the curate’s egg and that it was good in parts. Books can be like that, too. The problem often is…
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Splice (2009) (DVD review).
In many ways I would probably agree with director Vincenzo Natali that ‘Splice’ is a re-working of the Frankenstein myth. Only instead of…
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2013 Volume 124 # 706 (magazine review).
There are so many riches in an issue of ‘The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction’ that it’s hard to know where to…
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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 24 no. 3 # 90 (magazine review).
This is a themed issue of ‘On Spec’ and the theme is… Apocalypse! Themed issues and anthologies are often interesting because it’s fun…
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Beast Master’s Planet: A Beast Master Omnibus by Andre Norton (book review).
‘Beast Master’s Planet’ contains two novels: ‘Beast Master’ and ‘Lord of Thunder’. Meerkats! Nowadays these cute little critters are used to sell insurance…
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The Incarceration Of Captain Nebula by Mike Resnick (book review).
Some authors are reluctant to write short stories, either because they think they are no good at it and prefer the longer length…
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The Gift Of Fire/On The Head Of A Pin by Walter Mosley (book review)
Can you handle change? A new home or a new place to work? How about a new reality that changes everything you believe…
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The Explorer by James Smythe (book review)
Apparently Hell is other people, so what does that make the complete absence of company? Heaven? Purgatory? Or perhaps a fresh circle of…
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Mad Professor: The Uncollected Short Stories Of Rudy Rucker by Rudy Rucker (book review)
‘The Mad Professor’ is a collection of 13 of Rudy Rucker’s short stories. Rucker himself is a double professor, starting with mathematics and…
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Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film by Vivian Sobchack (book review).
Written originally in 1980, this book, ‘Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film’ by Vivian Sobchack, looks at classic American SF films and…
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Drama Showcase: My Mother Was An Alien – Is That Why I’m Gay? by Nigel Fairs (cd review).
‘My Mother Was An Alien Is That Why I’m Gay?’ is an adult themed play which features the talents of Max Day, Nigel…
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Blue Friday by Mike French (book review).
Most of us have played those games with friends where a situation is taken and the conversation follows the line ‘what if’ and…