Retro Fan #34 September 2024 (magazine review).
This edition of ‘Retro Fan’ skips across the genres. First we have writer Herbie J. Pilato looking at the ‘CHiPs’
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Future Glitter by A.E. Van Vogt (book review).
In the introduction, Van Vogt explains how he was invited to a Chinese delegation meeting in New York by a
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Full House (A Wild Cards novel book 30) edited by George R.R. Martin (book review).
‘Wild Cards’ book 30, ‘Full House,’ is a bit of an oddity. Ten novelettes/short stories that were originally released on
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Scanners III: The Takeover (1991) (film review).
Don’t play party games with scanners. Alex Monet (actor Steve Parrish) flees to seek Zen harmony in Thailand rather than
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Alter Ego #190 November 2024 (magazine review).
In his introduction to this issue of ‘Alter Ego,’ editor Roy Thomas points out his plan was originally to only
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Revelations: The Art Of Max Bertolini (book review).
I came across Revelations: The Art of Max Bertolini quite by chance. I have a lot of Paper Tiger books
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The Three-Body Problem, Volume 1 (of 10) by Liu Cixin with art by Xudong Cai (graphic novel review).
Cixin Liu’s novel, ’The Three-Body Problem, was published in China in 2008 and has since gone on to become a
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Mischief In The Wood by Tina Rath (book review).
Older readers will have grown up with fairy and folkloric stories, and many writers indulge themselves with rewriting them, sometimes
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Nosferatu: Mark Kermode’s horror film review (2024).
Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is here, finally materialising after nearly a decade of gestation. Like the Count himself, it’s risen from
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Kings (A Wild Cards novel book 29) edited by Melinda M. Snodgrass (book review).
The 29th mosaic of ‘Wild Cards,’ ‘Three Kings,’ looks a lot slimmer than the previous two books, but it is
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