ReviewBooks
Homunculus (A Tale of Langdon St. Ives) by James P. Blaylock (book review).
A mighty airship has been sighted over London, descending towards Earth after fifteen years in the air. On the ground, shady dealings and…
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ReviewFantasy
The Sea Watch (Shadows Of The Apt book six) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (book review).
Stenwold Maker guided Collegium through the first war with the Wasp Empire, forming alliances with unlikely people and winning an uneasy truce. Now…
ReviewHorror
Resident Evil: Retribution (DVD review).
Ninety-six minutes of action and I mean action. From the start where Alice, played by Milla Jovovich, is fighting for her life out…
ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who: Day Of The Daleks by Louis Marks (DVD review).
The Doctor (actor Jon Pertwee) and Jo Grant (actress Katy Manning) are asked to investigate armed ghosts at Auderly House, current residence of…
ReviewGames
Spartacus: A Game Of Blood And Treachery by Sean Sweigart and Aaron Dill (board game review).
Taken from the box: ‘A fast paced board game set in ancient Rome. The game includes backstabbing schemes, fierce bidding and bloody gladiatorial…
ReviewBooks
The Creativity Of Ditko by Craig Yoe (book review).
This large book is a celebration of ‘The Creativity Of Steve Ditko’, the famous comicbook artist who co-created Spider-Man and created Doctor Strange,…
ReviewBooks
The Art Of Thor The Movie by Matthew K. Manning (book review).
I did actually get this book last year but fitting it into my review schedule was more problematic than I thought it would…
ReviewBooks
The Joy Of X: A Guided Tour Of Mathematics by Steven Strogatz (book review).
If it wasn’t for the sub-title, ‘A Guided Tour Of Mathematics: From One To Infinity’, ‘The Joy Of X’ could easily be considered…
ReviewHorror
Greyglass by Tanith Lee (book review).
There are some novels where the human characters seem less important than the place in which the story is set. This can be…
ReviewHorror
The Infernal Game: Cold Warriors (book 1) by Rebecca Levene (book review).
‘Cold Warriors’, Rebecca Levene’s first book in the ‘Infernal Game’ series of supernatural thrillers, starts with a prologue set in 1988. We are…
ReviewFantasy
The Alchemy Press Book of Ancient Wonders edited by Jan Edwards and Jenny Barber (book review).
Being an old alchemist myself who took some time to get over the phlogiston theory, I was intrigued to see what was going…
ReviewBooks
Ape-Man by Sean Egan (book review)
When I was asked to review a book about swinging, I was more than a little confused about the direction this website and…