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Loss Protocol by Paul McAuley (book review).
At the end of each monthly meeting of the rangers overseeing the reserves around the Blackwater Estuary, there is a ceremony called the…
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July 2026
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The Hour Of The Phoenix by Richard Saxon (book review).
Firstly, there are a lot of Richard Saxons out there now. The author of The Hour Of The Phoenix appears to have been…
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Best of British science fiction gets bundled (news).
What is this, we hear at the Nest, somebody has now bundled fifteen rather fine examples of British science fiction, fantasy and horror…
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Earth Abides by George R. Stewart (book review).
‘Earth Abides’ by George R. Stewart (1895-1980) is only one of two SF book that he wrote. It was originally released in 1949…
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CenterForce by T.A. Waters (book review).
CenterForce by T.A. Waters is a book I ended up with in a multiple-bought selection, and I pulled it out at random by…
June 2026
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The Ghost City: A Thriller by Ryan Pote (book review).
Ethan Cain is working on the Mekong River in Vietnam when the river level suddenly drops and changes course. While this is an…
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How To Build A Time Machine by Paul Davies (book review).
I had heard of Paul Davies’ How To Build A Time Machine years ago, but Mark Brake’s The Science Of Science Fiction drew…
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Metro 2035 by Dimitri Glukhovsy (book review).
Metro 2035 is the third book in a series about forty thousand survivors of a nuclear war who live and work underground in…
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The Recollections: Fragments From A Life In Writing by Christopher Priest (book review).
Christopher Priest died at 80 in 2024. This is a collection of his non-fiction pieces, assembled and introduced by his third wife, novelist…
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The Science Of Science Fiction by Mark Brake (book review).
The Science Of Science Fiction by Mark Brake has the sub-title The Influence Of Film And Fiction On The Science And Culture Of…
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Children Of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky (book review).
Children Of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky is the fourth book in the Children Of Time series of novels. The author won the Arthur…
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Isles Of The Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson (book review).
Some of the more prolific SF authors have, almost as an afterthought, tried to fit their novels and short stories into a timeline…