Loss Protocol by Paul McAuley (book review).
At the end of each monthly meeting of the rangers overseeing the reserves around the Blackwater Estuary, there is a
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Frank Miller: Turning weird men in tights into Modern Mythology (interview).
When Frank Miller talks about comics, he does not sound like a man discussing disposable entertainment involving brightly dressed people
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Godzilla Minus Zero: Humanity tries the nuclear option (trailer).
The new trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero has arrived, bringing with it devastated cities, traumatised survivors and the alarming suggestion
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The Hour Of The Phoenix by Richard Saxon (book review).
Firstly, there are a lot of Richard Saxons out there now. The author of The Hour Of The Phoenix appears
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Gods, Cider and the Fine Art of Doing Less: A Friday at the Idler Festival 2026 (convention report).
There are literary festivals that feel suspiciously like science fiction cons with better scarves and bush hats. Then there is
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Best of British science fiction gets bundled (news).
What is this, we hear at the Nest, somebody has now bundled fifteen rather fine examples of British science fiction,
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Back Issue #7 December 2004 (magazine review).
I managed to get the seventh issue of Back Issue recently, which specialised in super-teams. One thing I’ve been careful
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SOULM8TE: When your A.I. girlfriend updates her Terms And Conditions with a boiled bunny (film review)
SOULM8TE, pronounced Soulmate because apparently even murder-bots need branding consultants, is the latest offshoot from the M3GAN universe, arriving on
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Dune: Part Three trailer arrives, and Paul Atreides appears to have misplaced his chill (trailer).
Arrakis is back, then, which is bad news for anyone hoping to get sand out of the franchise carpet before
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Earth Abides by George R. Stewart (book review).
‘Earth Abides’ by George R. Stewart (1895-1980) is only one of two SF book that he wrote. It was originally
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