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Infinite2 by Jeremy Robinson (book review)
It’s been a few years since I read ‘Infinite’, the first book in the ‘Infinite’ series by Jeremy Robinson. The first few pages…
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March 2021
ReviewBooks
Virtual Cities: An Atlas & Exploration of Video Game Cities by Konstantinos Dimopoulos (book review).
Subtitled ‘An Atlas And Exploration Of Video Game Cities’, ‘Virtual Cities’ is a chunky hardback explores 45 iconic or just plain interesting cities…
ReviewScifi
The Mechanics Of Wonder: The Creation Of The Idea Of Science Fiction by Gary Westfahl (book review).
I picked up this book over a decade ago having seen it pop up in a bibliography and had an inkling to pick…
ReviewBooks
The Alluring Art Of Margaret Brundage by Stephen D. Korshak & J. David Spurlock (book review).
I’ve heard the name of artist Margaret Brundage (1900-1976) but hadn’t really sought her out until this book, ‘The Alluring Art Of Margaret…
ReviewBooks
The Marvel Art Of Mondo Poster Book (artbook review).
Originally, a small store in the basement of a Texan cinema, the legendary Alamo Drafthouse, ‘Mondo’ is now a worldwide boutique store in…
ReviewScifi
Beyond Kuiper: The Galactic Alliance by Matt Medney and John Connelly (book review).
As ‘Beyond Kuiper: The Galactic Alliance’ is written by Matt Medney, the current CEO of the legendary ‘Heavy Metal’ magazine, alongside aerospace engineer…
ReviewHorror
Corpse Light (Verity Fassbender book 2) by Angela Slatter (book review).
For those unfamiliar with the set up in this series, Verity Fassbinder is a ‘strangeling’…half-human, half-Weyrd. ‘The Weyrd’ is a term for all…
ReviewFantasy
The Summer Palace (The Annals Of The Chosen volume 3) by Lawrence Watt-Evans (book review).
‘The Summer Palace’ is the third volume in ‘The Annals Of The Chosen’, which began with ‘The Wizard Lord’ and continued in ‘The…
ReviewFantasy
Vigil (The Verity Fassbinder series book 1) by Angela Slatter (book review).
When I saw this in the SFCrowsnest list of unclaimed review copies, it immediately struck me as something I might like. I’ve always…
February 2021
ReviewBooks
Perspective Made Easy by Ernest R. Norling (book review).
I occasionally come across this book, ‘Perspective Made Easy’ by Ernest R. Norling in artbook bibliographies and pulled a copy last year, only…
ReviewScifi
Purgatory Mount by Adam Roberts (book review).
In the far distant future, a group of long-lived humans take a 40 light year flight aboard the starship Forward to investigate an…
ReviewFantasy
The North Beyond Part 3: Haldur by P.M. Scrayfield (book review).
It is not often that all the books in a trilogy or, in this case, a tetralogy are published simultaneously. By issuing books…