Semmant by Vadim Babenko (book review).
Written in a very direct and intriguing style, ‘Semmant’ creates interest from the very first page. Originally written in Russian,
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The Power Of Film by Howard Suber (book review).
Howard Suber teaches film courses at UCLA and his students have often asked him to get his course notes released
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X marks the spot for US release of UK books – well, one anyway.
US RELEASE OF A UK BOOK What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton (pub: TOR/Forge. 446 page hardback.
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Nebula Awards Showcase 2013 edited by Catherine Asaro (book review).
The ‘Nebula Awards Showcase 2013’ is the fourteenth anthology in a row dedicated to getting the winning stories from the
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A Memory Of Light (The Wheel Of Time book 14) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (book review).
A polite notice: this review contains spoilers! The book was published a year ago and I can’t imagine any circumstance
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Faraday, Maxwell And The Electromagnetic Field by Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon (book review).
I like it when I’m surprised by the book contents, especially when it belies the title. Yes, it’s true that
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Minding the Stars: The Early Jack Vance Volume Four edited by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan (book review).
With collections of short stories that may stretch across several volumes, the selection process may be a tricky one. Do
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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (book review).
The death of Octavia Butler in 2006 removed a brilliant black SF writer from our fold. I’ve read some of
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Homage To Gaia by James Lovelock (book review).
I only read autobiographies from time to time, mostly because it’s amongst the review books we get rather than something
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Out Of Oz (The Wicked Years book 4) by Gregory Maguire (book review).
‘Out Of Oz’ is the final book in the series that takes up where Frank L Baum left off. Written
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