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Mockingbird by Walter Tevis (SF Masterworks) (book review).
Walter Tevis (1928-1984) is perhaps better known for the 1963 SF novel, ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’, which became the 1976 film…
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Dark Matter: Complete Seasons One-to-Three boxset (DVD SF series review).
When a group of six people wake up out of hibernation on a spacecraft, they find they have no memories of who they…
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Transfiguration by Michael Bishop (SF Masterworks) (book review).
Michael Bishop (1945- ) wrote ‘Transfiguration’ in 1979 and I think this is the first time I’ve read any of his books. The…
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Stone Heart Deep by Paul Bassett Davies (book review).
This is my second voyage into the murky realm of author Paul Bassett Davies fertile imagination. Sometime ago, I reviewed his SF tale…
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51 by Patrick O’Leary (book review).
It was the year after the reality TV star took the Whitehouse. In Detroit, seventy-three year-old Adam Pagnucco drives home from an AA…
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Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi (book review).
It is 2050. The Earth is barely habitable. Those who can afford it leave for the Colonies in space. Those that can’t struggle…
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Downward To The Earth by Robert Silverberg (SF Masterworks) (book review)
Robert Silverberg (1935- ) wrote ‘Downward To Earth’ in 1969-70. Seeing the enormous list of books he’s written, you would think I’ve have…
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Seven Mercies: TikTok Made Me Buy It (book 2 of 2) by Elizabeth May & Laura Lam (book review).
‘Seven Mercies’ is the sequel to last year’s ‘Seven Devils’ and the concluding part of this duology. It continues the action-packed, entertaining, fast-paced…
January 2022
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Wasp by Eric Frank Russell (SF Masterworks) (book review).
Eric Frank Russell (1905-1978) wrote ‘Wasp’ back in 1957. For the purposes of the story, an example is giving of how much chaos…
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Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii duology book 1) by Miles Cameron (book review).
‘Artifact Space’ by Miles Cameron, the first of the ‘Arcana Imperii’ duology, is a crossover of space opera and thriller. Cadet Marca Nbaro…
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Dawn (Book One of Lilith’s Brood) by Octavia E. Butler (book review).
In ‘Dawn’ by Octavia E. Butler, twenty-six year-old Lilith Iyapo awakens to find herself in isolated captivity after the human race has almost…
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2022, Volume 139 #759 (magazine review).
Regular readers will know that ‘The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction’ is a magazine that covers a wide range of fiction at…