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The Runes Of Engagement by Dave Klecha & Tobias S. Buckell (book review).
There can be very few readers who are unaware of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy, “Lord of the Rings,” or of the rage of…
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Farewell Horizontal by K.W. Jeter (book review).
This is my first time reading a book by K.W. Jeter, but with a title like ‘Farewell Horizontal,’ you have to be curious…
NewsScifi
Larry Niven: Ringworlds, Puppeteers, and the joy of indestructible Monomolecular Wires (interview).
There are few authors in science fiction who have managed to blend hard science with outright insanity quite as well as Larry Niven,…
FeatureScifi
The Twilight Zone: a retrospective (article).
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is vast, it is infinite, and it somehow still makes…
ReviewScifi
The Sound And The Furry: The Complete Hoka Stories by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson (book review).
‘The Sound And The Furry’ consists of two novels: ‘Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!’ and ‘Hokas Pokas.’. The Hokas are a sentient teddy bear-looking species…
ReviewScifi
The Gift limited edition 4K Ultra HD (film review).
Originally released in 2000, ‘The Gift’ follows widowed Annie Wilson (actress Cate Blanchett), who has three sons and is a practicing psychic in…
ReviewFantasy
That Which Stands Outside by Mark Morris (book review).
There is a tradition of horror novels isolating a community or group of people and having nasty things happen to them, often involving…
TrailerScifi
Mickey 17 – a scifi comedy movie of errors (and deaths) on ice (2nd trailer).
When Bong Joon-ho, the mastermind behind Parasite, decides to direct a sci-fi black comedy about a bloke who dies for a living, you…
ReviewFantasy
Relight My Fire (Stranger Times book 4) by C.K. McDonnell (book review).
Humour is a strange creature. Not everyone finds the same things funny. This is particularly true in fiction. Some readers may find a…
ReviewCulture
Retro Fan #35 November 2024 (magazine review).
Writer Scott Shaw!’s article on Space Ghost neglects explaining just what exactly his and his team’s powers are other than him being ‘Batman…
ReviewFantasy
The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang (translated by Slin Jung) (book review).
Serin is unhappy. Everything she does feels wrong and out of place. Her family’s financial situation has worsened since her father’s death. Her…
ReviewComics
Weird Science volume 1: The EC Archives (graphic novel review).
As much as I applaud Dark Horse for re-releasing EC Comics output, I am confused by the issue order. For Weird Science Volume…