Monthly Archives: August 2011

Bedbugs by Ben H. Winters

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BEDBUGS When Susan and Alex Wendt find their ideal Brooklyn apartment, everything looks rosy for the couple and their young daughter. Soon after moving in they begin to discover the odd problem but it’s nothing major – the landlady seems … Continue reading

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Space Robonaut

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  The cool robot filled future I envisioned when I was a nipper is finally happening. Yesterday, astronauts on the International Space Station ‘woke up’ the first ever Robonaut. Rather coolly, the robot is called R2. Maybe this name is just … Continue reading

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Ridley Scott returns to Science Fiction

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The movie and Scifi worlds have all been abuzz about Ridley Scott. Let’s face it, a lot of his output has been a bit hit and miss recently. But three decades ago he struck gold by making two of my … Continue reading

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ScifiWard is now on Kindle!

Exciting news! Or just news. It depends on the sort of thing that excites you. I’m positively gripped. ScifiWard and www.thewordofward.co.uk are now available on Amazon Kindle and it costs less than a pound (or a dollar) a month. Which … Continue reading

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New Judge Dredd film!

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There is a new Judge Dredd film coming out on the 21st of September 2011. I am very excited. It stars Karl Urban as the eponymous Dredd and I think he will do a damn fine job. He was brilliant … Continue reading

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Flood by Stephen Baxter

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The book starts in the year 2016. It begins superbly with the main protagonist, Lily, bound and gagged in the boot of a speeding truck. Her and some other hostages are being held in Spain after the country has pretty … Continue reading

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Man of Steel gets a new outfit thanks to Snyder

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Just over a week ago, I wrote about Superman and how he was pretty lame and hailed General Zod as being a lot cooler. All hail General Zod! I had pretty much forgotten that Zack Snyder was doing a new … Continue reading

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A New Age of Science Fiction

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The Ages of Science Fiction Science Fiction has been around since Lucien’s True History in the 2nd century AD. That’s almost two millenia of Scifi which is pretty damned cool. But I’m not going to write a history, that’s been done by … Continue reading

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