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Pendulum by AE Van Vogt (book review).
If you have any ambition with your favourite authors, then its to get and read everything they’ve done. With the 8 story ‘Pendulum’…
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Science fiction, fantasy, horror and steampunk.
February 2023
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Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth (book review).
One thing that is often missing from novels is the problem of bodily fluids. A short story usually hasn’t the space to give…
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Fireball XL5: 60th Anniversary Comic Anthology (graphic novel review).
The ‘Fireball XL5’ comicstrip in ‘TV Century 21’ was far superior to the TV series, mostly because of the artistic hand of ‘M.…
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The Best Of Edmond Hamilton (book review).
I suspect Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977) is known more these days for his work for DC Comics in the 1950s-60s, working on the likes…
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2023, Volume 144 #765 (magazine review).
The test of a good story is whether it is memorable. If elements of it stay in the mind for good reasons, it…
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William B. DuBay’s The Rook Archives Volume 3 (graphic novel review).
The third volume of ‘The Rook’ starts off with some exceptional artwork by Jose Ortiz in ‘Hickey And The Pirates’ when Bishop Dane…
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William B. DuBay’s The Rook Archives Volume 2 (graphic novel review).
Volume 2 of ‘William B. DuBay’s The Rook Archives’ continues with not only the problem of Restin Dane thrown into the future but…
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What Mad Universe by Fredric Brown (book review).
William Tenn in his introduction to ‘Of All Possible Worlds’ especially ranked ‘What Mad Universe’ by Fredric Brown as one of the finest…
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Harpan’s Worlds: Worlds Apart by Terry Jackman (book review).
‘Harpan’s Worlds: Worlds Apart’ by Terry Jackman is a military space opera about an orphan trying to make good, but with a…
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William B. DuBay’s The Rook Archives Volume 1 (graphic novel review).
After reading the 2002 copy of Comic Book Artist # 4, I felt incumbent to read some of Bill DuBay’s work and thought…
January 2023
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My Mother Murdered The Moon (NP Novella # 8) by Stephen Deas (book review).
I love reading novellas. They’re long enough that the author can tell a rich and detailed story but short enough that you can…
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The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz (book review).
The planet of Sask-E has been painstakingly terraformed over centuries to build a recreation of an ecosystem like old-Earth’s. Destry and her fellow…