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Best Of British Science Fiction 2021 edited by Donna Scott (book review).
Here are twenty-three stories that appeared in various publications last year, collected for your delectation and delight because they represent ‘The Best Of…
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Science fiction, fantasy, horror and steampunk.
August 2022
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The Man With A Thousand Names by AE Van Vogt (book review).
‘The Man With A Thousand Names’ comes from AE Van Vogt’s second phase of writing in the 1970s. Actually, it feels more like…
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Prey (the Predator prequel movie: a scifi film review).
Finally having the opportunity to see Prey, C.D. must confess that he was taken aback. Although it wasn’t the masterpiece some have hailed…
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Skyward Flight by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson (book review).
‘Skyward Flight’ is the omnibus edition of three ‘Skyward’ novellas: ‘Sunreach’, ‘ReDawn’ and ‘Evershore’, all of which are related to Brandon Sanderson’s ‘Skyward…
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The Deluxe Gimenez: The Fourth Power & The Starr Conspiracy by Juan Gimenez (graphic novel review).
‘The Deluxe Gimenez’ is a bumper hardback edition of tales by talented Argentinian writer/artist Juan Gimenez, who sadly died of Covid 19 in…
July 2022
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The Umbrella Academy, Season Two (blu-ray series review).
To escape the nuclear holocaust, Five transports the himself and members of the Umbrella Academy back into the past. It’s not an exact…
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Ironcastle by J.-H. Rosny, translated & retold by Philip José Farmer (book review).
‘L’Étonnant aventure de Hareton Ironcastle’ by J.-H. Rosny was originally published in 1922. In his informative introduction, ‘A Grateful Intrusion’, Brian Stableford tells…
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UFO Comic Anthology Volume Two (book review).
The second volume of the ‘UFO Comic Anthology’ is now out, following the adventures of the 1970 Gerry Anderson series with its extended…
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Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree, Jr. (book review).
‘Her Smoke Rose Up Forever’ by James Tiptree, Jr (aka Alice Sheldon) is a collection of 18 Science Fiction stories, originally published 1969…
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Aces High, Jokers Wild book 6: Deuces Are Wild by O. E. Tearmann (book review).
‘Deuces Are Wild is the 6th book in the ‘Aces High, Joker Wild’ series written by O. E. Tearmann. This is my first…
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (TV play review)
Most people’s knowledge of George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece ‘Nineteen Eighty Four will be the phrase ‘Big Brother Is Watching You!’ and that’s…
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Pariah (Donovan series book 3) by W. Michael Gear (book review).
In the early days of pulp Science Fiction many of the aliens encountered were bipedal, built on the human structural model. Somehow they…