ReviewHorror
Black Tide by Del Stone Jr. (book review)
Fred Miller is a paunchy professor of phytoplankton pathology at the University of Florida and his wife left him three months ago for…
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ReviewHorror
Small Ghosts by Paul Lewis (book review).
‘Small Ghosts’ is a novella in the horror genre. Paranormal or supernatural might be better labels in this case but horror seems to…
ReviewScifi
The Best Of R.A. Lafferty (book review).
R.A. Lafferty aka Raphael Aloysius Lafferty or simply Ray Lafferty (1914-2002) has a lot of fans, hardly surprising when you see an introduction…
ReviewFantasy
House Of The Dragon: oh, it’s a good’un (fantasy TV series: full series 1 review).
Nobody expected much from HBO’s House of the Dragon, least of all C.D., especially after the disastrous conclusion to Game of Thrones; but,…
ReviewScifi
The Midwich Cuckoos (2022) (DVD TV series review).
As I don’t watch the digital pay channels, bear in mind I have nothing to compare ‘The Midwich Cuckoos’ to other Sky Channel…
ReviewScifi
Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders book 1) by Mur Lafferty (book review).
People die around Mallory Viridian. They don’t drop dead of a heart attack or anything natural or accidental. They are murdered. Not by…
ReviewDoctor Who
Doctor Who: The Power Of The Doctor by Chris Chibnall (TV review).
The Doctor is dead. Long live the Doctor. We know Jodie Whittaker is leaving and we know who is replacing her but the…
ReviewScifi
Living Memory by David Walton (book review).
‘Living Memory’ by David Walton is the first in a series of near future novels about maniraptorans, dinosaurs that are birds or closely…
ReviewMovie books
Superspy Science: Science, Death And The Tech In The World Of James Bond by Kathryn Harkup (book review).
There were two reactions when I received ‘Superspy Science: Science, Death And The Tech In The World Of James Bond’ by Kathryn Harkup:…
ReviewFantasy
Councilor (The Grand Illusion Book 2 of 3) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
‘Councilor’ is the second book of ‘The Grand Illusion’ book series and you would need to read ‘Isolate’ before this one for it…
ReviewScifi
Cixin Liu’s For The Benefit Of Mankind: A Graphic Novel (The Worlds Of Cixin Liu) by Sylvain Runberg and Mike Montlló (graphic novel review).
‘For The Benefit Of Mankind’ sees the arrival of an alien race in the skies of Earth, whose orbiting ships light up the…
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #178 November 2022 (magazine review).
Now here’s something you don’t see every day or even year, an issue of ‘Back Issue’ devoted to one comicbook artist. Editor Roy…