ReviewScifi
Telling The Bees (NP Novella #11) by Emma K. Leadley (book review).
‘Telling The Bees’ opens at lunchtime on 14th August 2035 with Sarah surveying her morning’s work on her farmstead. She has weeded multiple…
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ReviewScifi
Cibola Burn (book 4 of The Expanse series) by James S.A. Corey (book review).
‘Cibola Burn’ by James S.A. Corey is the fourth novel in ‘The Expanse’ space opera series. Humanity has expanded to live throughout the…
ReviewHorror
The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 20 edited by Stephen Jones (book review).
‘The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror volume 20’ begins with a 77 page essay by the editor on ‘Horror In 2008’ which…
ReviewMagazines
Comic Book Artist #4 Sept 2004 (magazine review).
I was aware that ‘Comic Book Artist’ had been published under Top Shelf Comics, but this is the first time I’ve encountered an…
ReviewHorror
Sex And Horror 2: The Art Of Alessandro Biffignandi (book review).
So, here is the second ‘Sex And Horror’ book and I’m glad that Mark Alfrey in his introduction explains how to pronounce Biffignandi,…
ReviewFantasy
Contrarian: A Novel In The Grand Illusion (Book 3 of 3: The Grand Illusion) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review)
‘The Grand Illusion’ series by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. was initiated with ‘Isolate’, continued with ‘Councilor’ and, here, concludes with ‘Contrarian’. There isn’t…
ReviewFantasy
The Blackhart Blades (NP Novella # 12) by David Gullen (book review)
‘The Blackhart Blades’ by David Gullen is that rare and lovely thing, a short fantasy story. It’s set in the usual mediaeval-style world…
ReviewCri-Fi
Mandrake, The Magician (film serial review).
Another 1950s series that seems to have slipped under the radar but is available in high-quality DVD is “Mandrake, The Magician,” adapted from…
ReviewFantasy
The Mythago Cycle Volume 2 by Robert Holdstock (book review).
Folklore and myth is woven through with archetypes, the basis on which heroes and adventurers are built. They are always there in the…
ReviewBooks
Secrets From The Black Vault by John Greenewald Jr. (book review).
It seems I inadvertently picked up John Greenewald’s second book, “Secrets From The Black Vault,” before his first. However, according to his introduction,…
ReviewHorror
Meg 2: The Trench (a Mark Kermode movie review).
Our man-of-many-movies Mark Kermode settles into his cinema seat for monster-horror film Meg 2: The Trench. Watch his review above. But what did…
ReviewHorror
Haunted Mansion (a Mark Kermode film review).
It was a dark and stormy night when Mark Kermode ventured out to watch Disney’s 2023 rendition of “Haunted Mansion.” Battling the elements…