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Cryptology #3 Spring 2025 (magazine review).
We could have devoted the third issue of ‘Cryptology’ to the Mars problem. You know, the invasion stuff happened before we realised Mars…
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Elephants In Bloom (Polestars 5) by Cécile Cristofari (book review).
‘Elephants In Bloom’ by Cécile Cristofari is the fifth book in the Polestars series of individual author short story collections from NewCon Press.…
ReviewCulture
Retro Fan #36 January 2025 (magazine review).
Catching up with ‘Retro Fan.’ Writer Mark Voger goes over some details of a 2011 interview with actress Stefanie Powers about her career.…
ReviewFantasy
Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell (book review).
In case no one has noticed, there are books in print that don’t contain elements of science fiction or fantasy. While some of…
ReviewMagazines
Back Issue #157 February 2025 (magazine review).
This ‘Back Issue’ dedicates a significant portion of its cover to comic book creator/artist Keith Giffen (1952-2023). I didn’t always like his art,…
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #191 January 2025 (magazine review).
This issue of ‘Alter Ego’ marks the 250th appearance of the Fawcett Collector of America, which has a checkered past dating back to…
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The Emilie Adventures: Emilie And The Hollow World, Emilie And The Sky World by Martha Wells (book review).
‘The Emilie Adventures’ is a reissuing of Martha Wells’ two YA novels, ‘Emilie and the Hollow World’ and ‘Emilie and the Sky World’.…
ReviewDoctor Who
Torchwood season one (blu-ray review).
I bought the four season boxset of ‘Torchwood’. As I reviewed the episodes as they first came out, I’ll concentrate on the extras…
ReviewScifi
Aliens Vs Predator Requiem: Inside The Monster Shop by Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr with Chris Ayers (book review).
Of all my Alien/Predator films, ‘Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem’ is the least watched of the series. You can’t see much because so much…
ReviewScifi
Imago (A Lilith’s Brood Novel book 3) by Octavia E. Butler (book review).
For the third of ‘Lilith’s Brood’ novels, we have ‘Imago’, and the metamorphosis of another of her offspring, Jodahs. His full name is…
ReviewScifi
Adulthood Rites (A Lilith’s Brood Novel book 2) by Octavia E. Butler (book review).
It is now sometime later on Earth and in the village of Lo. Lilith Iyapo is fifty-five with a hybrid baby son, Akin.…
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Dawn (A Lilith’s Brood Novel book 1) by Octavia E. Butler (book review).
I’ve liked Octavia Butler (1947-2006) books ever since her ‘Patternist’ stories with the incredible body-swapping deadly Doro. I just needed to find time…