NewsScifi
Lexx: Star Trek’s Evil Twin With Better Boots And Worse Impulse Control (TV retrospective).
There are science fiction shows that boldly go where no one has gone before, and then there is Lexx, which staggered into the…
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May 2026
NewsScifi
Hack-Job: a story by GF Willmetts.
There are many turning points in our history. The one thing that probably beat them all was the discovery of an alien textbook…
NewsComics
The Pro by Gareth Ennis, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti and Paul Mounts (graphic novel).
One of the things I often do is hunt around for comic books drawn by Amanda Conner that I haven’t come across before,…
April 2026
NewsBooks
Ian Watson RIP: another one of the greats gone (author news).
The science fiction world has dimmed a little this week with the passing of Ian Watson, a writer whose work never quite behaved…
NewsFilms
Supergirl: Hangover in Space (With Occasional Laser Violence)
If Superman is the polite chap who holds the door open and says “after you,” Supergirl appears to be the one who kicks…
March 2026
NewsShort fiction
I Think Therefore You Am: a short story by GF Willmetts.
I am FAK, pronounced ‘Fa-act’, not like the swear word, although there were sniggers in the white room the first week, which I…
NewsCulture
Thunder-Tech: an article by GF Willmetts.
How does Thunderbird One’s automatic camera detector work? The dial in the cabin is only the alarm, not actually the gadget itself. In…
NewsScifi
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun: classic scifi film (retrospective).
There are films that stride confidently into cinema history in polished boots, puffed up with their own importance, and then there are films…
NewsFantasy
Jon Courtenay Grimwood heads back into fantasy with John Jarrold in tow (publishing news).
Some books arrive neatly pressed, polished and ready for market. Others spend twenty years rattling chains in the attic, refusing to die until…
NewsScifi
Project Hail Mary: Mark Kermode’s scifi film review.
Our man of many movies, Mark Kermode, sits down to watch Project Hail Mary – you can watch his review above. There’s a…
NewsShort fiction
Independent Life: a short story by GF Willmetts.
We live in a world where we really don’t know anyone anymore. Not your neighbours. Not even the people at work. They’re there…
February 2026
NewsShort fiction
A One-Sided Interrogation: a Psi-Kicks Story by GF Willmetts.
Trouble spots tended never to look like trouble when she arrived, Sara Seeker surveyed the scene. Like a lot of Psionics, she disliked…