Life Of Pi (2012) (film review).
Capsule: ‘Life Of Pi’ joins ‘Jonathan Livingston Seagull’ (1973) and ‘The Little Prince’ (1974) as being an adaptation of a
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Agent To The Stars by John Scalzi (book review)
I first came across John Scalzi when I read ‘Old Man’s War’. This book made a big impression on me
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Hand of Fire – The Comics Art Of Jack Kirby by Charles Hatfield (book review).
One is always wary when the academics get their hands on popular culture. I was recently re-reading Kingsley Amis on
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A Forthcoming Wizard by Jody Lynn Nye (book review).
Chapter One contains a recap of events from book one, ‘An Unexpected Apprentice’, so you don’t need to have read
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Scholar (The Imager Portfolio book 4) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (book review).
‘Scholar’, the fourth book in ‘The Imager Portfolio’, opens with the furniture of fantasy: a cast list and a map.
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Enterprise Games: Using Games Mechanics To Build A Better Business by Michael Hugos (book review).
I had to put the full title, ‘Enterprise Games’, in or you would think there was a ‘Star Trek’ connection,
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The Creative Fire (book one of Ruby’s Song) by Brenda Cooper (book review).
From the start, author Brenda Cooper points out her lead character, Ruby Martin, has been influenced by the life of
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Blood Bowl: Team Manager (card game review)
A quick clarification. ‘Blood Bowl: Team Manager’ is a spin-off game of another highly successful board-game called ‘Blood Bowl’. That
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The first 1-billion view YouTube video? Gangnam Style!
Gangnam Style by Psy had just passed the 850 million download mark on YouTube making it the most popular video
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Kingdom Of The Wicked (Skulduggery Pleasant book 7) by Derek Landy (book review)
If magic’s a disease, the seventh book in the ‘Skulduggery Pleasant series has had an epidemic outbreak on the level
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