ReviewFantasy
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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December 2025
ReviewScifi
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.…
NewsBooks
Chemical Reaction in Space: Fiona Erskine Fires Up the John Jarrold Agency’s Engines (book news).
Right, gather round the plasma hearth, comrades of the speculative frontier. A new engineer has clanked onto the starship roster at John Jarrold…
ReviewBooks
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…
ReviewScifi
Cloned Lives by Pamela Sargent (book review).
Back in 1976, cloning was becoming a popular subject, although not entirely new in science fiction. As I’ve pointed out before, AE Van…
ReviewFantasy
Installment Immortality (An InCryptid novel book 14) by Seanan McGuire (book review).
For those who are unfamiliar with the term, a cryptid is a creature that appears in mythology or folklore but has not been…
ReviewScifi
Future To Live By (Polestars 12) by Ana Sun (book review).
Writers have always grasped the belief that the power of the pen surpasses that of the sword. This is especially true for science…
ReviewBooks
London Rules (Slough House book 5) by Mick Herron (book review).
In the build-up in ‘London Rules’ by Mick Herron, you could also miss the significance of Roddy Ho being nearly run over by…
ReviewFantasy
The Works Of Vermin by Hiron Ennes (book review).
The streets of Tilliard are carved into an ancient tree. The rich and elite plot and scheme amid clouds of perfume in the…
ReviewScifi
The Synthetic Man by Theodore Sturgeon (book review).
‘The Synthetic Man’ was originally released as ‘The Dreaming Jewels’ in 1950. This edition was released in 1961. Halfway through the book, the…
ReviewHorror
The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (book review).
The idea of vampires, or the blood-drinking undead, has been around for a very long time, appearing in the folklore of all continents.…