ReviewScifi
Dead Aim by Joe R. Lansdale (book review).
There have been some great double acts over the years. Laurel and Hardy, Holmes and Watson, fish and chips, the list goes on.…
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April 2014
ReviewBooks
The Deadly Streets by Harlan Ellison (book review).
If you’ve ever walked down a dark street and felt intimidated or had your property stolen, you’ll know the frustration and impotence that…
November 2013
ReviewHorror
I Travel By Night by Robert McCammon (book review).
Some things just go together perfectly: fish and chips, salt and vinegar, vampires and angst. The latter has become such a staple of…
October 2013
ReviewHorror
The Hunter From The Woods by Robert McCammon (book review).
Everyone has a secret side to them but does yours have the ability to turn into a ferocious animal that can tear a…
June 2013
ReviewFantasy
Magic Highways: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Three (book review).
Given the events of a week back, how I could possibly give this collection a bad review? The legendary author Jack Vance passed…
April 2013
ReviewFantasy
Winter’s Dreams by Glen Cook (book review)
For anyone who has ever had tapas, they’ll know that while tastes delicious, there are times it can be a little unsatisfying. There’s…
ReviewScifi
Dream Castles (The Early Jack Vance Volume 2) by Jack Vance (book review)
Right, I’ll hold my hands up and admit it. I’ve never read Jack Vance before this collection. If that admission hasn’t made you…
February 2013
ReviewScifi
The Incarceration Of Captain Nebula by Mike Resnick (book review).
Some authors are reluctant to write short stories, either because they think they are no good at it and prefer the longer length…
ReviewBooks
The Affair Of The Chalk Cliffs (A Langdon St. Ives Adventure) by James P. Blaylock (book review).
James P. Blaylock is widely credited with being one of the progenitors of modern literary steampunk. As a sub-genre of Science Fiction, steampunk…
January 2013
ReviewScifi
Salvage And Demolition by Tim Powers (book review).
‘Salvage And Demolition’, the latest novella from Tim Powers, is a classic. I don’t necessarily mean it’s an enduring work of genius (though…
ReviewFantasy
The Willful Princess And The Piebald Prince by Robin Hobb (book review).
Taken from the cover: ‘One of the darkest legends in the Realm of the Elderlings recounts the tale of the so-called Piebald Prince,…
December 2012
ReviewHorror
Noctuary by Thomas Ligotti (book review).
‘Noctuary’, the third volume of Thomas Ligotti’s short fiction, revised and published by Subterranean Press. Preceded by the excellent ‘Songs Of A Dead…