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Mislaid In Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children book 9) by Seanan McGuire (book review)
There can’t be many children who, at one time or another, haven’t imagined a world that is ideal for them. It could be…
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June 2024
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Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journeys book 3) by Seanan McGuire (book review).
The Impossible City exists just beyond everything. It is a place that isn’t a place, architecture that isn’t really there, yet it is…
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Science Fiction Illustration edited by Yuka Tsutsui (book review).
I picked up Science Fiction Illustration last year, as I’m a sucker for artbooks, and this one is only three years old. Its…
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Aurora Rising by Alastair Reynolds (book review).
It always seems like a strange decision to change the title of a book, even if it is being reissued ten years after…
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Dreamfall (Cat book 3) by Joan D. Vinge (book review).
It’s interesting to follow a book series developed over years and see the page count rise. With ‘Dreamfall’, there is an increase in…
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Refractions by MV Melcer (book review).
‘Refractions’, a debut novel by M V Melcer, is a standalone Science Fiction space opera. Nathalie Hart, a space pilot, always looks out…
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I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle (book review).
Back in the mid-1960s, I was reading Peter Beagle’s first novel, “A Fine and Private Place,” when an acquaintance told me that the…
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The Sinister Booksellers Of Bath (The Left Handed Booksellers Of London book 2) by Garth Nix (book review).
‘The Sinister Booksellers Of Bath’ is book two in ‘The Left Handed Booksellers Of London’ series by Garth Nix. This time, Sulis Minerva,…
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Tomorrow And Beyond: Masterpieces of Science Fiction Art edited by Ian Summers (book review).
Finding a science fiction art book that I missed in the 1970s is always a delightful experience. Such is the case with ‘Tomorrow…
May 2024
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Black Ships by Jo Graham (book review).
‘Black Ships’ is an interesting retelling of Aeneus’s story from the perspective of Gull, a priestess of Apollo. While Jo Graham’s novel might…
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HP Lovecraft Collected Essays Volume 1: Amateur Journalism edited: ST Joshi (book review).
Of all the volumes in this series, ‘Collected Essays Volume 1: Amateur Journalism’ was the one for which I had the least sense…
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The Wolfe At The Door by Gene Wolfe (book review).
To many readers, Gene Wolfe was best known for his ‘Book of the New Sun’ series, which began with ‘The Shadow of the…