ReviewBooks
NASA 1958 Onwards: Operation Manual by David Baker (book review).
Contrary to the title, ‘NASA 1958 Onwards: Operation Manual’, the USA’s interest in space flight goes back as far as 1915 when they…
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Fantasycon 2018 – a report by Pauline Morgan (convention report).
It is suggested that it is best to start a review of anything with positive and factual things. Fantasycon 2018 was held in…
ReviewScifi
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard And The Golden Age Of Science Fiction Kindle Edition by Alec Nevala-Lee (ebook review).
The difficulty with this sort of book for the fan/reviewer is how to describe it without summarising it. While reading I jotted down…
ReviewBooks
Seeing Science: An Illustrated Guide To The Wonders Of The Universe by Iris Gottlieb (book review).
My first thoughts when I opened Iris Gottlieb’s book, ‘Seeing Science: An Illustrated Guide To The Wonders Of The Universe’ is that it…
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Doctor Who: Series 11 (or 36 depending on how you count): Episode 4: Arachnids In The UK by Chris Chibnall.
Years ago, it would take forever, temporally speaking, for the Doctor to get his companions back home again. These days, with the Doctor…
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Odyssey: A Star Wars Story (2018 Fan Film).
Ever wondered what it would be like to see stormtroopers in a film like Saving Private Ryan? Odyssey is a fan-made war film…
TrailerScifi
Firestorm (trailer: new Anderson SF puppet TV show).
Anderson Entertainment, the company founded by Gerry Anderson (creator of Thunderbirds, Space: 1999, Captain Scarlet, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, UFO and Joe 90),…
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Solis (2018) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Talk about your bad mornings after. Asteroid miner Troy Holloway wakes up one day and finds his living quarters are almost too hot…
ReviewMagazines
Retro Fan #2 Fall 2018 (magazine review).
With Elvira on the cover, it can hardly be surprising that the second issue of ‘Retro Fan’ is a Halloween special. Not necessarily…
ReviewFilms
Avengers: Infinity War (Blu-ray film review).
Having been fairly successful avoiding spoilers and hype, I watched ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ fairly unmolested by expectation, although I do have a few…
ReviewBooks
Doctor Who: TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual by Richard Atkinson and Mike Tucker, illustrated by Bavin Rymill (book review).
The title ‘Doctor Who: TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual’ should give away what this book is about. Written by Richard Atkinson and Mike…
ReviewComics
Back Issue #108 October 2018 (magazine review).
I have to confess from the start that I’ve never been a great Aquaman fan. I was dragged screaming to do an illustration…