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Venus On The Half Shell by Kilgore Trout (book review).
Although it’s hardly a secret now who wrote it, you might not have heard of ‘Venus On The Half Shell’ by Kilgore Trout.…
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December 2025
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Science Fiction Poster Art edited by Tony Nourmand and Graham Marsh (book review).
Now, ‘Science Fiction Poster Art’ is a big book, even when released in 2023. A2 size is big. It is loaded with 148…
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Above The Timberline by Gregory Manchess (book review).
When I reviewed the latest edition of ‘Illustrators’, I was really impressed by Gregory Manchess’ oil paintings enough to locate this 2017 book,…
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Reality Rift (dark Shepherd book 2) by Fred Gambino (book review).
Many SFCrowsnest readers will, I imagine, be aware of Fred Gambino’s work as a freelance science fiction artist. Starting as an illustrator of…
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All That We See Or Seem by Ken Liu (book review).
With the increased use of technology in our lives, it is inevitable that there will be those, often stereotyped as teenagers, sitting in…
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Enshitification by Cory Doctorow (book review).
I have to confess that until this book by Cory Doctorow, I’d never come across its title word, ‘enshitification’, despite the fact that…
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Queen Demon (The Rising World book 2) by Martha Wells (book review).
After casting down the conspiracy to make prince-heir Bashat emperor, the coalition of the Rising World meets once more. Kaiisteron, Fourth Prince of…
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The Burning Land (Talmont book 1) by David Hair (book review).
‘The Burning Land’ is the first volume in ‘The Talmont Trilogy’, an epic fantasy series set in the world of Coros. It was…
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Make-Believe And Artifice (Polestars 11) by Rose Biggin (book review).
Many of us admit to having imaginary friends when we were young, and most children play at make-believe. It is their way of…
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What Not: A Prophetic Comedy by Rose Macaulay (book review).
‘What Not: A Prophetic Comedy’ was written towards the end of World War One, or the Great War, as it was called then.…
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The Art Of Reading Minds (2nd Edition) by Henrik Fexeus (book review).
In his introduction, Swedish author and stage mentalist Henrik Fexeus was surprised his first edition of ‘The Art Of Reading Minds’ sold so…
November 2025
ReviewFantasy
Legalist: A Novel in the Grand Illusion (The Grand Illusion book 4) by LE Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
‘Legalist’ is the fourth book in L. E. Modesitt, Jr’s ‘The Grand Illusion’ series, but it’s a prequel to the others, so you…