Austral by Paul McAuley (book review).
The partly-thawed Antarctic Peninsula seems like an obvious place to set a novel in a globally-warmed future, but it’s never
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Jim Shooter Conversations edited by Jason Sacks, Eric Hoffman and Dominick Grace (book review).
I have a lot of respect for Jim Shooter. I was a fan of his ‘Legion Of Super-Heroes’ tales, which
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The Year Of The Geek by James Clarke (book review).
I did think when I was shown this book, ‘The Year Of The Geek’ by James Clarke, that it was
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Meddling Kids: A Novel by Edgar Cantero (book review).
What happens when teen detectives grow up? As teens Andy, Kerri, Nate and Peter spent their summers together in the
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The Genius Plague by David Walton (book review).
Paul Johns is a mycologist, seeking rare fungi in the Amazon. On the boat back to civilisation, it is attacked
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Provenance by Ann Leckie (book review).
After the phenomenal ‘Ancillary’ trilogy, how could Ann Leckie hope to live up to expectations with ‘Provenance’? It’s a tough
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Slugfest: Inside The Epic 50-Year Battle Between Marvel And DC by Reed Tucker (book review).
The title of Reed Tucker’s book, ‘Slugfest: Inside The Epic 50-Year Battle Between Marvel And DC’ gives away the subject
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Sweet Dreams by Tricia Sullivan (book review).
After volunteering for a drug experiment, Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Aaron becomes a narcoleptic, dropping asleep anywhere anytime. She also becomes a
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Star Wars Notebook Collection by Lucasfilm Ltd. (a lined book review).
Complete with a silver 40th anniversary sticker on the front of the packet, the ‘Star Wars Notebook Collection’ from Abrams
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The Fall Of Tartarus by Eric Brown (e-book review).
‘The Fall Of Tartarus’ is a collection of eight linked short stories by British SF writer Eric Brown, each of
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