NewsBooks
3I/ATLAS keeps accelerating on its way out, and every SF paperback saw it coming.
Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is still being nudged by something on its way out of the solar system. An online briefing says alien fusion…
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November 2026
NewsBooks
ZX Spectrum history book loads in 98 minutes, no tape errors reported.
The Rubber-Keyed Wonder, Kim Justice's 45th-anniversary history of the ZX Spectrum, hit its Kickstarter target in 98 minutes. Last orders close on 2…
NewsAnime/manga
Kamen Rider Valtz: the zodiac’s horse finally gallops into Kamen Rider MY-TH (tokusatsu).
Toei unveils Kamen Rider Valtz, the horse of MY-TH's zodiac alliance and the first Rider built on a horse motif, with Bandai's toys…
NewsFantasy
Queen’s Domain: King’s Field’s spiritual heir arrives, flying sword and all (games).
Queen's Domain, a first-person retro fantasy RPG in the King's Field mould from a two-person indie studio, is out now on PC and…
NewsFantasy
The Gaslight District: Glitch’s undead gangsters promise ‘a very special release’ for March 2027 (web animation).
Glitch marked Halloween by promising that The Smiling Dead return in March 2027, two years after The Gaslight District's pilot.
NewsAnime/manga
Shiba Inu Rooms: the bargain flat with a ghost dog gets a TV anime for summer 2027 (anime news).
TMS Entertainment is adapting Esu Omori's manga about a dog-wary horror fan and the Shiba Inu ghost haunting her cheap flat, for summer…
NewsCons
Physint at Beyond the Strand: Kojima shows his homework, and it looks suspiciously like Metal Gear (games).
Kojima Productions' tenth-anniversary show in Tokyo puts Physint's 150-page script, five Bill Skarsgård busts and some very familiar mechs on display.
NewsScifi
Escape from Jurassic Park: Universal’s lost 1993 cartoon pitch climbs out of the amber (TV animation).
The pitch trailer for Escape from Jurassic Park, Universal's cancelled prime-time cartoon of 1993, has surfaced after 33 years of private circulation.
NewsHorror
IT: Welcome to Derry’s Halloween special finally lets the Turtle out of its shell (TV special).
HBO Max's surprise Derry special turns out to star not the clown but Maturin, Stephen King's cosmic turtle, on screen at last after…
NewsScifi
Just Add Heat : an All That Litters story by: GF Willmetts.
There’s one thing about being on staff. I can actually have staff of my own. My job remit depends on finding something repairable…
ReviewMagazines
Back Issue #170 October 2026 (magazine review).
As can be seen from the cover of this ‘Back Issue’, there is a selection of doctors from American comicbooks. Editor Roger…
ReviewComics
Suicide Squad: The Nightshade Odyssey by John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell and Bob Lewis (graphic novel review).
‘Suicide Squad: The Nightshade Odyssey’ isn’t just stories from their own title but others like ‘Millennium’ and ‘Secret Origins’, with a lot of…