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The Black Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum (book review).
The information on the back of this book, ‘The Black Flame’ by Stanley G. Weinbaum, is inaccurate for the most part. There are…
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On Spec Magazine #130 Vol. 34 No. 4 (magazine review).
‘On Spec’ is a Canadian magazine of speculative fiction. Diane L. Walton’s opening editorial discusses how difficult it is to keep ‘On Spec’…
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Cryptology #2 February 2025 (magazine review).
Something I should point out about all TwoMorrows publications and magazines, often seen in their ordering information, is that they tend to be…
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A Truth Beyond Full by Rosie Oliver (book review).
Once upon a time, a colleague told me that science fiction was ‘Mills & Boon for boys.’. ’. In the early days of…
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Picks & Shovels (Red Team book 3) by Cory Doctorow (book review).
‘Picks & Shovels’ by Cory Doctorow is the third ‘Red Team’ novel, although if you were to read the series in the order…
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Jack Kirby Collector Ninety Summer 2024 (magazine review).
The ‘Jack Kirby Collector’ is a quarterly magazine aimed at anyone with an interest or appreciation of the legendary comic book artist Jack…
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Joe 90: Project 90 Technical Operations Manual by Chris Thompson & Jack Knoll, illustrated by Chris Thompson (book review).
Readers born after 2000 might not have come across ‘Joe 90,’ but it was big amongst the young in the 70s. Gerry and…
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The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner (book review).
Nickie Haflinger is a non-person. He escaped from the Tarnover with the knowledge to adopt different identities. We’re at a point when he’s…
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Back Issue #155 November 2024 (magazine review).
This issue of ‘Back Issue’ is also editor Michael Eury’s last, as he sought retirement last year. An odd choice to end on,…
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Century 21: Classic Comic Strips From The Worlds Of Gerry Anderson Vol. 4: Above And Beyond edited by Chris Bentley (graphic novel review).
These ‘Century 21: Classic Comic Strips’ volumes collect reprints from the famous ‘TV Century 21’ British comic (later just TV21) that first came…
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Junkyard Planet by H. Beam Piper (book review).
H. Beam Piper is known for his ‘Fuzzy’ stories, but he did other stories as well. Back in 1958, his ‘Graveyard Of Dreams’…
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The Last Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison and J. Michael Straczynski (book review).
After fifty years of waiting, ‘The Last Dangerous Visions’ is finally here. ‘Dangerous Visions,’ the first groundbreaking anthology published in 1967, was followed…