Are Anthologies the New Pulp Magazines?
A pleasing trend I’ve noticed recently, has been the rise in the number of anthologies coming out. This increase is logical, given the more general increase in the popularity of … Read More
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Livesuit By James S.A. Corey Is Thoughtful, Exciting Sci-Fi
Livesuit by James S.A. Corey is book 1.5 of The Captive’s War trilogy. It is part of the same universe as the awesome The Mercy of Gods, but is a … Read More
The Great Zoo Of China By Matthew Reilly – Here Be Dragons!
I read The Contest by Matthew Reilly a few years ago and it was daft, but really good fun. The Great Zoo of China is similar. I don’t know if … Read More
Fallout season 2 is coming to New Vegas! All we know so far…
Fallout season 2 is coming in December and I am tremendously excited. I wish I could say a new Fallout game was coming as well, but we can’t have everything. … Read More
Matt Smith Joins Star Wars: Starfighter as New Villain
I’m already ludicrously excited about Star Wars: Starfighter, and now Matt Smith is going to join as the baddie, alongside Mia Goth. The main good guy we already know about … Read More
Introducing The Stainless Steel Rat: One Of Sci-Fi’s Funniest Anti-heroes
Before Hitchhiker’s Guide and Guardians of the Galaxy, there was Harrison’s the Stainless Steel Rat. Modern sci-fi has become more self-aware, ironic, and full of morally flexible rogues, but before … Read More
Is Waititi The Ideal Choice For A New Dredd Movie?
Apparently Taika Waititi will be directing a new Judge Dredd movie. Like many 2000AD fans this makes me simultaneously excited and a little concerned. Of course, Waititi has previously been … Read More
Why Avenue 5 Deserves a Second Look: Space, Comedy, and Chaos
I’d been meaning to watch Avenue 5 since it came out, but didn’t have HBO. Now I do, and so I binged both seasons in a week. I have been … Read More
The Running Man trailer looks fantastic but read the book
I read The Running Man by Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King) in the mid-80s and it was a great read. Judging by the new trailer, the new Edgar Wright film … Read More
Awesome new map of the entire Star Wars Galaxy
The official Star Wars Galaxy Map has been released by Lucasfilm and I have already spent too much time look at it. It’s interactive and has every system mentioned so … Read More