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
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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
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
Why they cancelled The Wheel of Time TV show
I love The Wheel of Time books and so was incredibly, and naively, excited about the TV show. Now, it seems, we are only going to get three seasons. I … Read More
Rereading Robert Rankin, the father of Far Fetched Fiction
I first started reading Robert Rankin in the late 80s when I was still at school. I had seen the newly released Armageddon: The Musical in a bookshop while waiting … Read More
May the 4th be with you! Happy Star Wars day!
May the 4th be with you and have a great Star Wars day! It would be remiss of me to skip over such an important day of the calendar. I … Read More
Apple TV’s ‘Murderbot’ Trailer: Looks Great But Too Cheerful?
The trailer for Murderbot just came out, and it looks pretty awesome. I wrote about how great All Systems Red was a couple of years ago. Martha Wells’s whole Murderbot … Read More
What’s hot in the awesome worlds of sci-fi and fantasy?
I asked ChatGPT what was hot and trending in SFF. It turns out I’m out of touch – or it is wrong. I have taken the ‘What is hot?” bit … Read More
Redshirts By John Scalzi Is An Interesting Meta Take On Trek
Redshirts by John Scalzi is a lot of fun. I should start by saying that although this book is rightly loved, it didn’t entirely work for me. But it’s well … Read More