2016 Sunburst Award winners just in.
The Sunburst Award bods have just announced the winners of the 2016 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the
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Calling Major Tom goes German.
Ullstein have acquired German rights to the SF novel Calling Major Tom by David M Barnett pre-emptively, for major sum in
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The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem book 2) by Cixin Liu translated by Joel Martinsen (book review).
Cixin Liu’s classic of Chinese Science Fiction continues in this second volume, translated into English by Joel Martinsen as ‘The
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The Quantum Leader by Danah Zohar (book review).
As much as I like author Danah Zohar’s book, ‘The Quantum Leader’, with its more informing sub-title, ‘A Revolution In
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Exploring Space:1999: An Episode Guide And Complete History Of The Mid-1970s Science Fiction Television Series by John Kenneth Muir (book review).
‘Space 1999’, like ‘Thunderbirds’ and ‘Terrahawks’ was one of those rare Gerry Anderson productions that actually made it to a
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Central Station by Lavie Tidhar (book review).
I read several of Lavie Tidhar’s ‘Central Station’ stories when they appeared in ‘Interzone’ magazine in recent years. They were
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Dodger’s Guide To London by Terry Pratchett (book review).
By way of an accompaniment to Terry Pratchett’s comic novel ‘Dodger’, this little book, ‘Dodger’s Guide To London’, describes the
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My Fair Ladies: Female Robots, Androids And Other Artificial Eves by Julie Wosk (book review).
The title of Julie Wosk’s book, ‘My Fair Ladies: Female Robots, Androids And Other Artificial Eves’ covers all the types
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Gods Of Nabban (book 3) by K.V. Johansen (book review).
The idea of a god and an assassin traveling together is what enticed me to request ‘Gods Of Nabban’ by
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A Galaxy Here And Now: Historical And Cultural Readings Of Star Wars edited by Peter W. Lee (book review).
‘Star Wars’ is a genre-mashing, cultural melting pot and therefore open to multiple interpretations. This is presented across the variety
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