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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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Science fiction, fantasy, horror and steampunk.
August 2026
NewsScifi
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…
RoundupScifi
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…
NewsScifi
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…
FeatureScifi
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…
NewsScifi
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…
RoundupScifi
Seven Days in the Genre Trenches: 28 July – 4 August 2026 (news roundup).
Another week, another skip’s-worth of spaceships, séances and sentient hair to sift through. Comic-Con dust is still settling in San Diego, the publishing…
ReviewScifi
Thunderbirds: International Rescue Technical Operations Manual by Chris Thompson & Andrew Clements (book review).
When you receive Thunderbirds: International Rescue Technical Operations Manual by Chris Thompson and Andrew Clements, a smile will appear on your face as…
NewsScifi
Having A Preordained Time: a story by GF Willmetts.
Tourist spots in the past get over-subscribed. You would think people would want to see Christ do some of his miracles, which the…
ReviewScifi
The Unreasoning Mask by Philip José Farmer (book review).
During a stopover aboard his starship, al-Buraq, Captain Hûd Ramstam discovers that he has a planet’s god in his cabin. That is, if…
July 2026
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Dark Matter season 2: The family that boxes together flees together (trailer).
Warning: this article contains spoilers for the first season of Dark Matter. In at least one universe, you have already read them. Apple…