ReviewScifi
The Loafers Of Refuge by Jospeh Green (book review).
When I started reading this book, The Loafers Of Refuge, I was going to make the point that just because you might not…
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June 2026
ReviewScifi
Through Gates Of Garnet And Gold (Wayword Children book 11 by Seanan McGuire (book review).
Once a series has reached eleven volumes, even if they are slim novella-length books, it is likely to have accumulated a faithful readership.…
ReviewFantasy
Borderlanz: Tales From the Edges by Douglas Smith (book review).
Borderlanz is the third collection of short stories from author Douglas Smith. I have had the pleasure of reading, and reviewing, the previous…
ReviewScifi
If We Cannot Go At The Speed Of Light by Kim Choyeop, translated from Korean by Anton Hur (book review).
If We Cannot Go At The Speed Of Light by Kim Choyeop, translated from Korean by Anton Hur, is an anthology of seven…
ReviewScifi
Metro 2034 (book 2 of 3) by Dimitri Glukhovsky (book review).
How do you stop the spread of an incurable disease in a closed underground world that may contain the last survivors of the…
ReviewBooks
The Unseen Self: Kirlian Photography Explained by Brian Snellgrove (book review).
For those who don’t know, if you place a light electrical charge across an organic object on photographic paper, you can produce what…
ReviewScifi
The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang (book review).
Dr. Jo Ness has buried herself in her work at a tiny aquarium with her beloved jellyfish. This is fine, as she has…
May 2026
ReviewScifi
Metro 2033 (book 1 of 3) by Dimitri Glukhovsy (book review).
Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky is a post-apocalyptic science fiction horror thriller set within the Moscow Metro system that will, one hopes, put…
ReviewScifi
The Worlds Of Robert Heinlein (book review).
Although I have read most of Robert Heinlein’s novels, it appears I somehow missed this anthology, The Worlds Of Robert Heinlein. The collection…
NewsFantasy
Jon Courtenay Grimwood signs two-book Historical Fantasy deal with Transworld (Heaven immediately looks nervous) (news)
Transworld UK has pre-emptively acquired two new historical fantasy novels from bestselling author Jon Courtenay Grimwood, which is a sentence that already sounds…
ReviewScifi
The Mind Parasites by Colin Wilson (book review).
Writer Colin Wilson (1931-2013) has the distinction of being acknowledged in the introduction to A.E. van Vogt’s novel The Pawns Of Null-A, where…
ReviewScifi
Who Goes Here? by Bob Shaw (book review).
In 2386, the Space Legion recruits people who want to forget their pasts. The process is wonderfully simple: sign up and have your…