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The House That Stood Still by AE van Vogt (book review).
If you went by the back cover of this book, ‘The House That Stood Still’ by AE van Vogt, you would think Allison…
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Retro Fan #40 September 2025 (magazine review).
Another 1960s or so mix with the 40th edition of ‘Retro Fan’. This time, writer Mark Voger looks at the American ‘Dennis The…
ReviewScifi
Human Resources (Polestars 8) by Fiona Moore (book review).
‘Human Resources’ is the eighth volume in the ‘Polestars’ series, which showcases anthologies. Each volume focuses on a different author; in this case,…
ReviewBooks
Draw Comics With Dick Giordano (book review).
Set yourself a task. You’re probably after a specific book title or author, maybe after discovering a book you missed when it first…
ReviewFantasy
The Return Of The Dwarves (The Dwarves book 1) by Markus Heitz (book review).
Markus Heitz is a German author probably best known in the UK for his ‘Dwarves’ sequence, which is something of a saga spread…
ReviewMagazines
Back Issue #159 April 2025 (magazine review).
The other TwoMorrows publication that rapidly sold out last year was Back Issue # 158. You can find copies out there but at…
ReviewFilms
Batman: Hush (2019) (film review).
I’ve been sitting on this Blu-ray film version until I read the graphic novel, especially straight after, but it has an audio commentary,…
ReviewComics
Batman: Hush by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee and Scott Williams (graphic novel review).
Reading the two-page Batman origin as related by Alfred Pennyworth, and he explains how Bruce Wayne was taught by various experts, you do…
ReviewFantasy
King Sorrow by Joe Hill (book review).
The butterfly effect is a device that is often used in fiction as a device to link a series of consequences deemed inevitable…
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Seeking In Rhythm: a Psi-Kicks story by GF Willmetts.
‘I’m glad I spiked her for this meal’, Sara Seeker said quietly to the statuesque Libertine Rush, Baroness Samedi, sitting opposite her in…
ReviewScifi
Time Is The Simplest Thing by Clifford D. Simak (book review).
Back in 1962, Clifford Simak had this book, ‘Time Is The Simplest Thing’, with an intriguing premise. Unable to survive past the various…
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #195 September 2025 (magazine review).
It was hardly surprising to discover the paper edition of Alter Ego #195 sold out when it had ‘Neal Adams’ on the cover,…