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Season Of Skulls (book 3 of The New Management, a Laundry Files novel, book 12) by Charles Stross.
It’s not often I start a book review with an apology, but I do now. In my review of the ‘Quantum Of Nightmares’,…
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October 2023
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Androne by Dwain Worrell (book review).
In short, ‘Androne’ is a pretty darn good for a first novel. Set in the near future, Dwain Worrell imagines a world where…
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Starter Villain by John Scalzi (book review).
Charlie Fitzer is a substitute teacher living in his dead father’s house in the town he grew up in. His only friend is…
September 2023
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Blood Child And Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler (book review).
In the introduction to ‘Blood Child And Other Stories’, Octavia E. Butler admits to not favoring the craft of short story writing, primarily…
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Eclectic Dreams: A Milford Anthology edited by J W Anderson, Pete W. Sutton & Liz Williams (book review).
I have to declare and interest. I have been an attendee at the Milford SF Workshop on a number of occasions. For those…
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UFO Photos by Jason Gleaves (book review).
While conducting research for my article on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), I encountered Jason Gleaves’ “UFO Photos.” Gleaves, an ex-Royal Air Force member,…
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The Circumference Of The World By Lavie Tidhar (book review).
‘The Circumference Of The World’ by Lavie Tidhar is a standalone Science Fiction novel that includes many sub-genres such as alternative history, space…
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The Waters Of Mars by Phil Ford (book review).
Phil Ford and what an appropriate surname wrote this for the TV series and has adapted and expanded the story, ‘The Waters Of…
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The Daily Doctor by Simon Guerrier and Peter Anghelides (book review).
Combine two writers with a vast knowledge of ‘Doctor Who’ and put them in a room with a spinning wheel. Lock the door…
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The Navigating Fox by Christopher Rowe (book review).
Quintis is the only navigating fox. The only known ‘knowledgeable’ fox in existence. Alchemists have raised many animals to sentience from baboons to…
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Universal Language: The Airlocked Room Mystery by Tim Major (book review).
‘Universal Language: The Airlocked Room Mystery’ is a Science Fiction novella by Tim Major who has published six plus novels as well as…
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The Red Scholar’s Wake/Some Love Transcends All Barriers by Aliette de Bodard (book review).
‘The Red Scholar’s Wake’ is a standalone novel by Aliette de Bodard, and is notable as a space opera written by an award-winning…