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The Blackfire Blade (The Last Legacy book 2) by James Logan (book review).
‘The Blackfire Blade’ is a sequel to ‘The Silverblood Promise’, James Logan’s debut novel, which introduced Lukan Gardova, Flea and Ashra, aka Lady…
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November 2025
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Sub-Majer’s Challenge (The Saga Of Recluce book 26) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
How can an honest army officer stop rival nations raiding and invading his country when he’s hampered by penny-pinching and supply shortages from…
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The Loop: Just Add Water – a short story by GF Willmetts.
The first Loop appeared outside my city. The structure was massive, spanning several acres and reaching high into the sky. It contained a…
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Back Issue #81 September 2018 (magazine review).
Back Issue #81 is also called the ‘All-Jerks Issue! ’ For us in the UK, we don’t use the term ‘jerk’ very much,…
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The Invisibles: Counting To None book 5 by Grant Morrison, Phil Jimenez and John Stokes (graphic novel review).
There isn’t always a choice when it comes to buying books or even graphic novel series volumes over the Net. Here, ‘The Invisibles:…
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The Art Of Influencing Crowds: People Power by Douglas Coop (book review).
As a clinical empath and agoraphobic, I tend to be wary of crowds, as my abilities tend to be overwhelmed by too many…
October 2025
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The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (book review).
One of the pieces of advice often given to aspiring authors is to write about what they know. While this is difficult when…
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Warriors Of The Boundless by Mike Chinn (book review).
Here we have great swords and sorcery adventures. Author Mike Chinn defines the ‘Warriors Of The Boundless’ as ‘endless realms stacked and clustered……
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Citadel Of The Moon (Batrix And Scilli book 2) by Mike Chinn (book review).
A sequel to ‘Hail The New Age’, ‘Citadel Of The Moon’ is another fantasy novel by the very busy Mike Chinn. Again, we…
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The Mile-Long Spaceship by Kate Wilhelm (book review).
Kate Wilhelm’s book, ‘The Mile-Long Spaceship’ is an anthology of eleven of her short stories from the 1950s-60s. The opening story, released in…
ReviewBooks
American Movie Comic Books: 1930s-1970s From The Silver Screen To The Printed Page by Peter Bosch (book review).
Writer Peter Bosch explains in his introduction that ‘American Movie Comic Books: 1930s-1970s ‘From The Silver Screen To The Printed Page’ is a…
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The Essential Patricia A. McKillip by Patricia A. McKillip (book review).
‘The Essential Patricia A. McKillip was my introduction to this author. She comes highly recommended, having won several top awards for fantasy novels,…