ReviewScifi
The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner (book review).
John Brunner’s The Shockwave Rider was among the books mentioned in Vernor Vinge’s True Names. It is divided into three sections that follow…
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TrailerScifi
Futurama season 14 Trailer: Good news, everyone, the future is still Completely Bonkers (trailer)
Good news, everyone! Futurama has returned from the dead again, although by this stage it would be more surprising if it remained peacefully…
NewsHorror
Helen Grant Conjures Up a New Literary Agent for Purslane the Witch (news).
Novelist Helen Grant has joined the John Jarrold Literary Agency with her new novel, Purslane the Witch, a tale combining malevolent magic, disappearing…
TrailerHorror
Other Mommy trailer: Jessica Chastain proves the most frightening thing in suburbia isn’t the mortgage (video).
Every generation invents a fresh way to make audiences suspicious of family life. Haunted dolls. Creepy children. Sinister grandparents. Possessed nuns. Evil AI.…
NewsFantasy
The Rings of Power returns: Sauron sharpens his smile for season three (video).
Middle-earth is about to become considerably less peaceful again. Amazon has unveiled the first teaser trailer for season three of The Lord of…
TrailerScifi
Blade Runner 2099 trailer arrives: More rain, more replicants, still no dry cleaning (video).
There are some science fiction worlds that simply refuse to retire. The Star Wars galaxy keeps discovering another forgotten Skywalker cousin. Doctor Who…
TrailerSuperheroes
Lanterns trailer lands: True Detective meets Green Lantern (video).
For decades, the Green Lantern corner of DC has had a curious relationship with live action. Sometimes it has been magnificent. Sometimes it…
ReviewBooks
True Names And The Opening Of The Cyberscience Frontier by Vernor Vinge (book review).
A quick spin through the opening credits of this book, True Names And The Opening Of The Cyberspace Frontier, reveals Vernor Vinge’s story…
TrailerScifi
Ann Droid: Diane Morgan Puts the Artificial into Social Care (TV trailer).
The BBC has released Ann Droid, a new science-fiction comedy in which Diane Morgan plays a second-hand robot employed to care for an…
ReviewBooks
The Antikythera Mechanism by Charles Rivers Editors (book review).
Truth to tell, I still can’t pronounce Antikythera. However, I needed to do some research into a recognised astronomical device and thought The…
TrailerFilms
Avengers Doomsday brings back everyone? (trailer)
Marvel Studios has released the first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, the film in which practically every surviving superhero, several previously retired superheroes…
ReviewHorror
The Queen by Nick Cutter (book review).
I read The Queen in mid-July, just as the first wasps began to appear in southern England, a good time for insect horror.…