Cooperworld by Jason R Ward
I recently wrote a long short story called Cooperworld. Or a short novella. Whatever. It is 17,000 words. If you have a shiny new kindle or tablet, here is something … Read More
Category: Books
The Wonder by James Devo
I just finished this book on a long train journey, which is a perfect place to read it. The Wonder by James Devo is the sort of book you should, … Read More
Bryan Singer to direct 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
A new film version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea has been talked about for a while. I’m a bit shocked they haven’t ‘reimagined’ a gritty version for TV already, … Read More
The Martian book review
I have had The Martian by Andy Weir on my kindle for a while now. I had heard it was good and that it was about an astronaut stranded on Mars … Read More
The future as predicted by science fiction authors
Apart from things like Alternate History, Star Wars, and science fiction written in the past about a date that was the future then, but in the past now, (like 1984,) … Read More
Fastest spaceship in the galaxy
Han Solo claimed the Millennium Falcon could do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs. Which is presumably a speed race with the winner being the spaceship that can go the … Read More
2015 British Fantasy Awards Shortlists
This may not be of interest to everyone but I have found that Scifi fans are frequently fantasy fans. I know I am. So if you are looking for something … Read More
Syfy and Amblin to make Brave New World TV show
The Syfy channel and Spielberg’s Amblin Television have just announced that they are going to make a TV show based on Aldous Huxley’s superb Brave New World. I have to … Read More
The Expanse TV series trailer
The Expanse books are coming to Syfy and I’m incredibly excited. The trailer looks pretty good and they’re managed to show a lot of the characters without showing much of … Read More
Dune by Frank Herbert
To my colossal shame I only just got round to reading Frank Herbert’s classic this year. I’ve owned about four copies of the paperback over the years and I finally … Read More