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The Wild Robot (Mark Kermode’s animated scifi movie review).
Here’s Mark Kermode’s take on the animated science fiction film, The Wild Robot. You can watch it above. For our thoughts on the…
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ReviewScifi
On Spec #129 Vol. 34 No. 3 (magazine review).
‘On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of Speculative Fiction’ is a quarterly publication that features short stories, poetry, and a few articles. The 129th…
ReviewScifi
Stingray Comic Anthology: Tales From The Depths Volume One (book review).
It’s remarkable that 60 years have passed since the TV series ‘Stingray’ made its dramatic debut. Naturally, the UK broadcasted it in black…
ReviewHorror
The Oblong Box (1969) (film review).
‘The Oblong Box’ begins with a brutal depiction of an African tribe’s crucifixion of a man and goat sacrifice in 1866. Shame, the…
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Illustrators #45 (magazine review).
A casual page flick, and you would think that there were fewer artists. Actually, this edition of ‘Illustrators’ still features a variety of…
ReviewScifi
Manalone by Colin Kapp (book review).
A book often sells by its title. In science fiction, there is some latitude to use unusual title hooks to make you want…
ReviewMagazines
Comic Book Creator #35 Summer 2024 (magazine review).
TwoMorrows has been careful to move odder comicbooks, mostly due to content. Writer Bob Levin focuses more on Penthouse Comics editor/writer George Caragonne…
ReviewHorror
The Wilding by Ian McDonald (book review).
‘The Wilding’ is a departure for British writer Ian McDonald. While the majority of his novels are science fiction, this latest offering is…
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Deep Black by Miles Cameron (book review).
“Deep Black” by Miles Cameron is the concluding novel in the Arcana Imperii duology, a space opera on the interstellar scale. Marca Nbaro…
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Best of British Science Fiction 2023 edited by Donna Scott (book review).
‘The Best of British Science Fiction’ is a regular annual anthology from Newcon Press that reprints the best science fiction stories published in…
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The Night Face by Poul Anderson (book review).
The copy of ‘The Night Face’ by Poul Anderson was its fourth reprinting, finally getting a better title than ‘Let the Spacemen Beware!’…
ReviewFantasy
Hail The New Age by Mike Chinn (book review).
Agatha Christie published ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ ninety years ago. Now, Mike Chinn has penned a fantastic fantasy adaptation of this classic.…