ReviewScifi
StoryHack Action & Adventure #7 (magazine review).
Storyhack is a genre fiction magazine for people who like slam, bang, action adventure with two-fisted heroes and heroines or four-fisted, depending on…
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ReviewHorror
Occult Detective Magazine Mythos Special #1 (magazine review).
The editors of ‘Occult Detective Magazine’ usually steer clear of Lovecraftian themes because there are already plenty of venues for such fiction but…
ReviewFantasy
Why We Love Middle-Earth by Shawn E Marchese & Alan Sisto (book review).
Podcasts have done some amazing things with science fiction and fantasy fiction, prompting serious discussion and promoting deeper reading far better than any…
ReviewBooks
The Recognition Of HP Lovecraft: His Rise From Obscurity To World Renown by S.T. Joshi (book review).
For all his fame today, HP Lovecraft’s recognition as a great writer was a long time coming. In ‘The Recognition of HP Lovecraft’,…
ReviewCulture
Retro Fan #31 March 2024 (magazine review).
I read Herbie J. Pilato’s book about the TV series ‘Bewitched’ years ago. Here, in the latest ‘Retro Fan’, he goes over how…
ReviewScifi
The Empire (scifi French language film review).
In a universe where the line between the profound and the preposterous is thinner than the plot of a daytime soap opera, Bruno…
ReviewComics
Suicide Squad (The New 52) Volume 1: Kicked In The Teeth by Adam Glass, Federico Dallocchio and Clayton Henry (graphic novel review).
I blame The New 52 Justice League. With the hint of the Suicide Squad there and the bickering the Justice League has amongst…
ReviewFantasy
This Charming Man (volume 2) by C.K.McDonnell (book review).
This is the second volume in a series that began with ‘The Stranger Times’. Based in Manchester, the newspaper of that name is…
ReviewBooks
Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide To The Whoniverse by Jonathan Morris, Simon Guerrier & Una McCormack (book review).
A cursory look before I started reading reveals the book, ‘Whotopia: The Ultimate Guide To The Whoniverse’, is divided into 6 sections, with…
ReviewHorror
The Mask (1961) (horror film review).
I first encountered the film The Mask, also known as The Eyes From Hell, during the transition from paying for cinema tickets as…
ReviewScifi
Star Cops: the complete series (1987) (SF TV series review).
The year is 2027, and several space stations are orbiting Earth, along with a series of moonbases established by various nations. Shuttle flights…
ReviewHumour
Alter Ego #186 March 2024 (magazine review).
The focus of this issue’s “Alter Ego” is comic book artist Angelo Torres. Although I hadn’t amassed a significant collection of “Mad” magazines,…