ReviewFantasy
The Iron Code: Stories In Honour Of David Gemmell edited by Ian Whates (book review).
This anthology is published to mark twenty years since the death of fantasy author David Gemmell, whose most famous character was Druss the…
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ReviewScifi
Soylent Green (1973) (film review).
Do you remember the food famine, over-population and global warming of 2022? Thought not. Welcome to the world of Soylent Green, filmed in…
ReviewScifi
Brain Fruit by Stephen Oram (book review).
Brain Fruit by Stephen Oram is a standalone zoefuturist science fiction novella. Zoefuturism focuses on connectedness, constant change and life-becomings rather than fixed,…
ReviewHorror
Paranormal Payback edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes (book review).
One of the most popular sub-genres of fantasy deals with the paranormal, its pages littered with witches, ghosts, vampires and the occasional zombie.…
ReviewScifi
The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner (book review).
John Brunner’s The Shockwave Rider was among the books mentioned in Vernor Vinge’s True Names. It is divided into three sections that follow…
ReviewBooks
True Names And The Opening Of The Cyberscience Frontier by Vernor Vinge (book review).
A quick spin through the opening credits of this book, True Names And The Opening Of The Cyberspace Frontier, reveals Vernor Vinge’s story…
ReviewBooks
The Antikythera Mechanism by Charles Rivers Editors (book review).
Truth to tell, I still can’t pronounce Antikythera. However, I needed to do some research into a recognised astronomical device and thought The…
ReviewHorror
The Queen by Nick Cutter (book review).
I read The Queen in mid-July, just as the first wasps began to appear in southern England, a good time for insect horror.…
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #200 July 2026 (magazine review).
Any magazine reaching a hundred issues is doing well. To double that is exceptional. It’s hardly surprising that this issue of Alter Ego…
ReviewScifi
These Broken Little Words (Polestars 13) by E.M. Faulds (book review).
When I was offered These Broken Little Worlds for review, I checked my computer banks and found that I had enjoyed two stories…
ReviewComics
Legion Of Super-Heroes: The More Things Change by Paul Levitz and Steve Lightle (graphic novel review).
This volume, Legion Of Super-Heroes: The More Things Change, continues with the next seven issues from the 1985 direct-market series. Writer Paul Levitz…
ReviewComics
Legion Of Super-Heroes: An Eye For An Eye by Paul Levitz, Keith Giffin, Steve Lightle and Joe Orlando (graphic novel review).
Checking to see whether I had missed any of the Legion Of Super-Heroes runs, I came across this one, An Eye For An…