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The Million-Year Picnic Is Over: Bradbury’s Mars Runs Out of Calendar
The final chapter of Ray Bradbury's original The Martian Chronicles is dated October 2026. So why does the prophet of the post-literate age…
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October 2026
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The Deep And The Drowned (Cutlass & Crow book 1) by Ian Green (book review)
Pauline Morgan finds Ian Green's grimdark nautical fantasy, The Deep And The Drowned, cluttered, confusing and short on characters worth following.
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Malcolm Edwards 1949–2026… the Stars His Destination (obituary).
Malcolm Edwards, the Gollancz editor and publisher who launched the SF Masterworks, has died aged 76. A look back at a remarkable life…
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V.E. Schwab’s Victorious: Villains trilogy finally ends, only eight years late
The third and final Villains novel from V.E. Schwab is published by Tor Books on 6 October 2026, closing the long feud between…
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Space Gypsies by Murray Leinster (book review)
The research space vessel Marintha stops in space to replace its faster-than-light fuel stick. On board are Ketch, Howell, Breen and his adult…
September 2026
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Time To Burn by Ellery Lloyd (book review).
Inigo Frank is the genius behind ‘Tempus Tours’. He provides a service for the very rich to go back in time and experience…
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Comic Books And Other Necessities Of Life by Mark Evanier (book review).
Mark Evanier’s Comics Buyer’s Guide columns from 1995-2000, illustrated by Sergio Aragonés: bootleg Groo kits, the Comics Code, Superman’s trophy room and some…
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Shards Of Space by Robert Sheckley (book review).
Eleven 1950s Robert Sheckley stories, from a Venusian gold rush to group minds, a chess-fought space war and immortality drugs, that still read…
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Trinity: The Best Kept Secret by Jacques F. Vallée and Paola Leopizzi Harris (book review).
Geoff Willmetts reviews Jacques Vallée and Paola Leopizzi Harris’ investigation into the alleged 1945 Trinity UFO crash, an incident said to predate Roswell…
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Last Of The First: 26 (Saga Of Recluce book 26) by L.E. Modesitt (book review).
Don’t start here, but don’t read the other twenty-five books first. While Last Of The First is Book 26 of the Saga Of…
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Mimeograph by Eira A. Ekre (book review).
‘Mimeograph’ by Eira A Ekre is a standalone Science Fiction novella. It does not fit neatly into any single sub-genre, but is a…
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The Traveler by Joseph Eckert (book review).
The idea of time travel has been around for a very long time. Many readers will be familiar with H.G. Wells’ ‘The Time…