ReviewFantasy
Children Of Chaos (Dodec Books: 1 of 2) by Dave Duncan (book review)
All good fantasy books start with a map and a list of characters, including gods and ‘Children Of Chaos’ is a very good…
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May 2023
ReviewFantasy
The Golden Enclaves (The Scholomance Lesson 3) by Naomi Novik (book review)
There are times when after reading a book of high quality, there is an apprehension about starting the next book in the series…
ReviewHorror
Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels (TV series DVD review)
I knew from the start that ‘Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels’ wasn’t going to have much in common with the original series. Its…
ReviewMagazines
Back Issue # 4 June 2004 (magazine review)
As I said elsewhere, I was lucky to buy a bunch of TwoMorrow mags off the internet auction website that has some very…
ReviewBooks
The Violent Man by AE Van Vogt (book review)
As I commented a while back, just when I thought I had read all of AE Van Vogt’s books, I came across ‘The…
ReviewBooks
Firebrands: The Heroines Of Science Fiction & Fantasy by Ron Miller and text by Pamela Sargent (book review)
With a title like ‘Firebrands: The Heroines Of Science Fiction & Fantasy’, this Paper Tiger book from 1998 deserved to have a look.…
ReviewMagazines
Rough Stuff # 1 (magazine review)
Just to prove I can be really lucky. On the internet auction site, I bought a job lot of 6 magazines, 5 of…
ReviewBooks
The Big Con by David W. Maurer (book review)
‘The Big Con’ by David W. Maurer has a very long sub-title, ‘The Story Of The Confidence Man And The Confidence Trick’. It’s…
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego # 51 2005 (magazine review)
Editor Roy Thomas makes a valid point in his editorial in this early edition of ‘Alter Ego’ that he never intends to keep…
ReviewFantasy
The Double-Edged Sword: A Tale Of The Fallen Hero by Ian Whates (book review).
‘The Double-Edged Sword: A Tale Of The Fallen Hero’ is a short novella by Ian Whates in the grand old sword and sorcery…
ReviewFantasy
Spring’s Arcana (The Dead God’s Heart book 1) by Lilith Saintcrow (book review)
‘Spring’s Arcana’ by Lilith Saintcrow is an urban fantasy set on our Earth right now but with a hidden supernatural world lurking out…
April 2023
ReviewScifi
The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Mar/Apr 2023, Volume 144 #766 (magazine review).
How a story is received often depends on the reader’s mood at the time of reading. Sometimes, a simple, well-told tale is just…