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A Jura For Julia by Ken MacLeod illustrated by Fangorn (book review).
A Jura For Julia is a new short story collection from multiple award-winning author Ken MacLeod, with illustrations by Fangorn, including the cover.…
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August 2024
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The Fortunate Fall by Cameron Reed (book review).
I heard about The Fortunate Fall back in the 1990s, and now it’s getting a reprint this year. Cameron Reed, writing as Raphael…
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Birdwatching At The End Of The World by G.W. Dexter (book review).
Stephen Ballantyne, our first-person narrator for Birdwatching At The End Of The World, is the only boy at Near School for Girls, Near…
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Rebel Moon part two, The Scargiver (Mark Kermode scifi movie review).
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, the latest addition to Zack Snyder’s sprawling space opera saga, where subtlety is thrown out the…
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Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds (book review).
There is a lot of pleasure in reconnecting with old friends and places. Alastair Reynolds has set a number of novels in and…
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Lake Of Darkness by Adam Roberts (book review).
‘Lake Of Darkness’ is a standalone literary space opera that ventures into psycho-horror. Humans have spread far and wide across our galaxy, living…
July 2024
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Robot Archie And The Time Machine by E. George Cowan/Ted Kearron (graphic novel review)
This book, ‘Robot Archie And The Time Machine’ by E. George Cowan/Ted Kearron, goes back to the UK’s ‘Lion’ comic 1968-1969 and two…
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The Nico Mastorakis Collection Blu-Ray (blu-ray boxset review).
‘The Nico Mastorakis Collection Blu-Ray’ was brought to my attention because it contained a SF film, ‘The Time Traveller’ and although the intention…
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Winter 2024, Volume 146 #771 (magazine review).
After a delay, this 771st issue of ‘The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction’ is finally here. The publisher notes that the delay…
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The Crystal Cube (Children Of Pisces 3) by R.E. Lewin (book review).
During the Covid lockdowns, many people turned to writing or baking as a means of occupying time during isolation. R.E. Lewin already had…
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The Utopia Of Us: An Anthology Inspired by Yevgeny Zamyatin’s ‘We’ edited by Teika Marija Smits (book review).
To celebrate the centenary of the original publication of ‘We’ by Yevgeny Zamyatin, editor/author Teika Marija Smits envisioned an anthology of fifteen stories…
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Cageworld No. 4: Star-Search by Colin Kapp (book review).
Cageworld No. 4: Star-Search is the final slim volume of Colin Kapp’s series, where the crew of the Shellback embarks on one last…