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The Eclipse Of 2044: a short story by GF Willmetts.
‘You’re going to make the sun disappear, just like that?’ ‘Is that a problem?’ ‘I think people will notice. Darkness. Break in orbit.…
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The Infinite State (The Decurion Saga book 1) by Richard Swan (book review).
The Infinite State by Richard Swan is the first novel in the Decurion Saga. This is a dystopian space opera about the impact…
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Starshadows by Pamela Sargent (book review).
In his introduction to Starshadows, editor Terry Carr describes his working relationship with author Pamela Sargent. He rejected her first four stories but…
RoundupScifi
Hugos in Anaheim, a Balrog voiced by Shaun of the Dead, and T. Kingfisher’s suspiciously good week (news roundup).
Somewhere in Anaheim this weekend, several thousand people who own more books than shelf space are shuffling between function rooms in a convention…
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The Dog Stars: Mark Kermode’s scifi film review (video).
If you have watched Mark Kermode’s video review above, you will already know that The Dog Stars did not exactly cause him to…
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Exodus: The Helium Sea by Peter F. Hamilton (book review).
# Exodus: The Helium Sea review Peter F. Hamilton is well known as a crafter of sprawling space opera, and he has produced…
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WSFA Names Its 2026 Small Press Finalists: Billionaire’s Tears and Teleporting Fairies (award news).
The Washington Science Fiction Association has announced the eight finalists for its 2026 WSFA Small Press Award, proving once again that if you…
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Space Cops, Stolen Books and the End of the World: SF & Fantasy News Round-Up (17 Aug 2026).
The science fiction, fantasy and horror worlds have been unusually busy over the past ten days, presumably because everyone realised August was halfway…
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The End of Oak Street (Stephen Hunt’s film review).
There comes a melancholy moment in every man’s life when he realises that Obi-Wan Kenobi is now entirely convincing as Homer Simpson. Not…
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E.J. Swift wins 40th Arthur C. Clarke Award (book news).
E.J. Swift has won the 40th Arthur C. Clarke Award for When There Are Wolves Again, published by Arcadia, proving once again that…
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Earth: the Galaxy’s worst breakdown lane? (article).
There is a worrying amount of evidence in science fiction that Earth sits beside some sort of badly maintained interstellar roundabout. Aliens keep crashing…
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Warhammer 40,000 Deathwatch: Henry Cavill’s animated series marches to Amazon (news).
Amazon’s expanding Warhammer 40,000 empire is acquiring another heavily armoured wing, with Games Workshop confirming that a full animated series featuring the Deathwatch…