ReviewScifi
The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner (book review).
Nickie Haflinger is a non-person. He escaped from the Tarnover with the knowledge to adopt different identities. We’re at a point when he’s…
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January 2025
ReviewBooks
Century 21: Classic Comic Strips From The Worlds Of Gerry Anderson Vol. 4: Above And Beyond edited by Chris Bentley (graphic novel review).
These ‘Century 21: Classic Comic Strips’ volumes collect reprints from the famous ‘TV Century 21’ British comic (later just TV21) that first came…
ReviewScifi
Junkyard Planet by H. Beam Piper (book review).
H. Beam Piper is known for his ‘Fuzzy’ stories, but he did other stories as well. Back in 1958, his ‘Graveyard Of Dreams’…
ReviewScifi
The Last Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison and J. Michael Straczynski (book review).
After fifty years of waiting, ‘The Last Dangerous Visions’ is finally here. ‘Dangerous Visions,’ the first groundbreaking anthology published in 1967, was followed…
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High Vaultage by Chris and Jen Sugden (book review).
When an idea switches media formats, there is always a question as to whether the adaptation will be as successful in the new…
ReviewScifi
Future Glitter by A.E. Van Vogt (book review).
In the introduction, Van Vogt explains how he was invited to a Chinese delegation meeting in New York by a friend he knew…
ReviewScifi
Full House (A Wild Cards novel book 30) edited by George R.R. Martin (book review).
‘Wild Cards’ book 30, ‘Full House,’ is a bit of an oddity. Ten novelettes/short stories that were originally released on the Internet and…
ReviewBooks
Revelations: The Art Of Max Bertolini (book review).
I came across Revelations: The Art of Max Bertolini quite by chance. I have a lot of Paper Tiger books in my collection…
ReviewScifi
The Three-Body Problem, Volume 1 (of 10) by Liu Cixin with art by Xudong Cai (graphic novel review).
Cixin Liu’s novel, ’The Three-Body Problem, was published in China in 2008 and has since gone on to become a successful media franchise,…
ReviewFantasy
Mischief In The Wood by Tina Rath (book review).
Older readers will have grown up with fairy and folkloric stories, and many writers indulge themselves with rewriting them, sometimes to great acclaim.…
December 2024
ReviewScifi
Kings (A Wild Cards novel book 29) edited by Melinda M. Snodgrass (book review).
The 29th mosaic of ‘Wild Cards,’ ‘Three Kings,’ looks a lot slimmer than the previous two books, but it is spread over 14…
ReviewScifi
Joker Moon (A Wild Cards novel book 28) edited by George R.R. Martin (book review).
‘Joker Moon’ presents a fresh perspective, as it doesn’t feature any writers or their characters from the previous book. OK, the Green Man…