ReviewScifi
Light Chaser by Peter F Hamilton and Gareth L Powell (book review).
‘Light Chaser’ by Peter F Hamilton and Gareth L Powell is a standalone space opera novella. Amahle is the light chaser the title…
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August 2021
ReviewScifi
Rabbits by Terry Miles (book review).
‘Rabbits’ by Terry Miles revolves around a strange, little understood game that’s potentially been running for hundreds of years, with rules so esoteric…
ReviewFantasy
Rose Knot: An Arthurian Tale by Kari Sperring (book review).
Not many people connect the Orkneys to Arthurian legend but King Lot of Orkney was married to Arthur’s sister, Morgause, it seems and…
ReviewBooks
Drive Yourself Sane: Using The Uncommon Sense Of General Semantics Third Edition by Susan Presby Kodish and Bruce L. Kodish (book review).
I often mention my practical application of General Semantics. Picking out books to recommend on the subject is a lot harder, mostly because…
ReviewBooks
Great Masters Of Fantasy Art (book review).
A little exercise with many non-fiction books is if they reference another period book is to see if a copy is out there,…
ReviewScifi
Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History Of Science Fiction by James Gunn (book review)
Another of the books about Science Fiction I pulled last year is ‘Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History Of Science Fiction’ by James Gunn…
ReviewFantasy
The Godstone by Violette Malan (book review).
Arlyn Albainal was very surprised to be named executor of his cousin Xandra’s will. Arlyn hadn’t been Xandra for years and surely would…
ReviewFantasy
Swords & Steam Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (book review).
‘Swords & Steam: Short Stories’ is another big collection from Flame Tree Publishing that mixes old and new stories, this time in the…
ReviewHorror
Necronomicon (Gothic Dreams) by Sammy Maine (book review).
‘The Necronomicon’ was, of course, a fictional book first used by HP Lovecraft in a short story, ‘The Nameless City’, published in 1921.…
ReviewFantasy
Vampires: Fantasy Art, Fiction And The Movies (Gothic Dreams) by Russ Thorne (book review).
Before we got onto Flametree’s booklist, ‘Vampires: Fantasy Art, Fiction And The Movies’ by Russ Thorne was on my list to look at.…
ReviewHorror
The Monster In The Mirror: Looking For HP Lovecraft by Robert H Waugh (book review).
As one of the foremost exponents of Lovecraft scholarship, Robert Waugh sagely kicks off this impressive study by asking that most crucial of…
ReviewBooks
Secrets In The Shadows: The Art & Life Of Gene Colan by Tom Field and Gene Colan (book review).
Gene Colan cut corners on his artwork. Every explosion was a full page. He’d use the side of his pencil to draw some…