Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction: The Formative Period, 1926-1970 by Thomas D. Clareson (book review)
Something I discovered a while back from a chat with Gordon van Gelder, publisher of the magazine ‘The Magazine Of
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Science Fiction Stars And Horror Heroes by Tom Weaver (book review).
Looking at the book list in the indicia, I thought I’ve reviewed nearly all of Tom Weaver’s excellent interview books
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Crosstalk by Connie Willis (book review).
Most people would agree that the pace of life has increased exponentially over the last thirty years or so. With
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Waking Hell by Al Robertson (book review).
Although ‘Waking Hell’ by Al Robertson isn’t described as cyberpunk, it has all the digital footprints that says it is.
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Class: Joyride by Guy Adams (book review).
An original novel based on the BBC3 series ‘Class’ created by Patrick Ness, ‘Joyride’ is something a little bit new
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Man in the High Castle (2nd trailer: 2nd season).
Here’s the trailer for the second season of Man in the High Castle (as seen on Amazon Prime) – the USA has
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Arrival (2016) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Twelve alien craft land at apparently random locations on the Earth’s surface. This creates a dangerous situation that could lead
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Invisible Planets edited by Ken Liu (book review)
Not to be confused with Hannu Rajaniemi’s recent debut collection of the same name, this ‘Invisible Planets’ is an anthology
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The Worst Man On Mars by Mark Roman and Corben Duke
‘The Worst Man On Mars’ is a SF spoof which takes liberties with just about everything. It is in turn
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Terrahawks: Volume 1 (Blu-ray TV series review).
‘Terrahawks’, Gerry Anderson’s 1980s return to puppets and model-based action adventure has always been an odd fish. The story of
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