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Robert Rankin

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February 2013

3Feb 2013

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The Educated Ape And Other Wonders Of The Worlds by Robert Rankin (book review)

A Lord wants to unite several worlds through a Grand Exposition, a scientist hopes to create a working time ship, a femme fatale…

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2Feb 2013

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Retromancer by Robert Rankin (book review)

(pub: Gollancz. 366 page enlarged paperback. Price: £12.99. ISBN: 978-0-575-08497-1 pub: Gollancz. 341 page hardback. Price: £14.99. ISBN: 978-0-575-07872-7) check out websites: www.orionbooks.co.uk…

AidanFortune2 Feb 2013

Yu-Gi-Oh! Maze of Machines: Konami loads Bandit Keith’s hardware into a 153-card set for March (card games news).

Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey arrives seven minutes at a time, and Nolan’s $1.78bn epic needn’t lock the doors just yet (AI film news).

Back Issue #26 February 2006 (magazine review)

Gulliver’s Travels at 300: how a Dublin dean invented the flying island, the mad scientist and the moons of Mars, and still found time to be rude about everyone (feature).

Hogwarts Hires Its Ghosts, A Portrait And A Talking Hat, And There’s Still No Sign Of Peeves.

Mouthwashing: Sony buys the doomed space freighter, and Karyn Kusama takes the captain’s chair (film news).

Gulliver’s Travels at 300: how a Dublin dean invented the flying island, the mad scientist and the moons of Mars, and still found time to be rude about everyone (feature).

Creative Futures (Beyond And Within) edited by Allen Stroud (book review)

Mouthwashing: Sony buys the doomed space freighter, and Karyn Kusama takes the captain’s chair (film news).

Marvel’s Zodiac finds its writers: twelve star signs, two spies and a London shoot.

Dogfights Over the Desert: The SFcrowsnest UFO Roundup, October 2026

Exterminate the writers? Russell T Davies calls the BBC boss’s AI Doctor Who remarks “clumsy”, and puts a date on the new Doctor (news).

Maison Ghibli returns to London, and No-Face is moving to Oxford Street (news).

Clayface Oozes To The Top, Warcraft Rolls For Initiative And Essen Runs Out Of Halls (Offworld Report, 22–31 October 2026).

Sir Patrick Stewart (1940–2026): the captain’s final log.

“Never say never”: Phil Lord and Chris Miller have made their peace with losing Solo, and Kathleen Kennedy sent a nice note about Project Hail Mary (Star Wars news).

Netflix’s Bass X Machina unleashes steampunk cowboys, mechanical minotaurs and a suspiciously familiar name

Captain America #16: Doctor Doom repossesses Hell, voids Mephisto’s contracts, and Spider-Man fans start eyeing One More Day (comic news, spoilers).

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Robert Rankin

February 2013

The Educated Ape And Other Wonders Of The Worlds by Robert Rankin (book review)

Retromancer by Robert Rankin (book review)