Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree, Jr. (book review).
When me and Rosie Oliver decided we wanted to explore more of Gollancz SF Masterworks, I suggested she tried some
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The Girl by Victory Witherkeigh (book review).
‘The Girl’ is an odd book. There’s no other way to describe it really. It is written by Victory Witherkeigh
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The Art Of Alfredo Alcala by Heidi MacDonald and Phillip Dana Yeh (book review).
Often with the artbooks from Dover Press, I like the art and recognise the techniques shown they use even if
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The Citadel Of Forgotten Myths by Michael Moorcock (book review).
In his early days, Michael Moorcock made ‘novels’ by putting three novelettes between bright covers and calling the stories Book
Read MoreArthur C. Clarke vs. Robert Heinlein: the scifi giants’ smackdown (article).
Ah, the age-old question: Arthur C. Clarke vs. Robert Heinlein. Two giants of science fiction, both with their own unique
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Dune: just what is the secret sauce that turned Frank Herbert’s creation into a classic? (article)
Frank Herbert’s Dune novels are widely regarded as classics of the science fiction genre, and there are a hundred or
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The Shadow Of War (Rise Of Oceania book 5) by Timothy S. Johnston (book review).
Any good heist consists of three components: a team, a plan and something worth stealing. ‘The Shadow Of War’, the
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The Charlton Companion by Jon B. Cooke (book review).
The publisher Charlton has different memories for people depending how old you are. In their time, they were the third
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City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky (fantasy book review: video format).
The Library of Allenxandria (hah, we saw what you did there) brings us his review of the new fantasy novel
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Monster Planet: A Zombie Novel (book 3) by David Wellington (book review).
‘Monster Planet’ is the third book of a zombie trilogy. The first, ‘Monster Island’ was set in New York and
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