New Judge Dredd film!
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 … Read More
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Flood by Stephen Baxter
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 … Read More
Man of Steel gets a new outfit thanks to Snyder
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 … Read More
A New Age of Science Fiction
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 … Read More
Deleted ‘Superman Returns’ Opening Scene
Did you know that Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns had a $10 million opening sequence that was cut? If you have the Bluray, then yes, but not many people do as … Read More
My Futuristic Job
I feel I should apologise for not having written much recently. Astoundingly, this site doesn’t actually make me millions yet so I have to work in TV to pay my rent. … Read More
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A man called “Man” and a boy called “Boy” walk down a road called “The Road”. Ok those aren’t literally their names, they just don’t seem to have any. On … Read More
How to survive the Apocalypse
Sick bastard that I am, I often fantasize about the end of the world. Obviously it would mean billions would die, there’d be no more internet, no restaurants, no pubs, … Read More
The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl & Cyril M. Kornbluth
This book is a gem. It was written over 50 years ago but deals with topics still relevant today. The story is about a star-class copysmith Mitch Courteney who works … Read More
And Another Thing… by Eoin Colfer
Let me state this first: I am a massive Hitchhiker fan. Not to the point where it becomes sad-loner going to a convention level, but damn close – I’ll probably … Read More