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Die Another Day: the spy who froze me? (spy-fy movie retrospective).
Die Another Day, the 2002 spy film, is the one where James Bond, played by the ever-suave Pierce Brosnan, decides he’s had enough…
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Blue Beetle: a Mark Kermode superhero movie review (video).
Our man of many movies, Mark Kermode, is here to bring you his take on the new DC superhero movie Blue Beetle. Watch…
TrailerFantasy
Disenchantment’s penultimate disentanglement (fantasy TV series: trailer).
Well, my fantasy and scifi-loving lovelies, let me put the Nest’s literary musings on the back burner for a moment to delve into…
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…
NewsScifi
Venomous Lumpsucker sucks up prestigious 2023 Clarke Award (award news).
To the shock, awe, and suppressed giggles of the literary world, Venomous Lumpsucker has claimed the 37th Arthur C. Clarke Award for the…
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…
NewsBooks
Alfred Hitchcock: Master Of Suspense (NBM Comics Biographies) by Noel Simsolo and Dominique Hé (graphic novel)
‘Alfred Hitchcock: Master Of Suspense’ is a graphic novel biography of film director Alfred Joseph Hitchcock that narrates his entire life from birth…
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…
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New opera ditches remote exotic islands for Scottish coast, blending history and H.G. Wells (event news).
If you’ve ever dreamt of an opera that fuses the eerie tales of H.G. Wells with Scottish folklore and a touch of environmental…