Here’s another issue of ‘Future Science Fiction Digest’, the magazine of international SF. This one features stories from China, Russia, Belgium, the USA and Germany. Until a UFO lands and aliens write some stories, this is as wide a range as you can get. ‘Knights Of The Phantom Realm’ by Wenxiang Fengnian, translated by Nathan […]
David Kyle mentioned that the first story using teleportation was ‘The Space Annihilator’ by Harlie Oren Cummins back in 1901, so I had a look on-line and found ‘The Space Annihilator And Other Early Science Fiction From The Argosy’ where editor Gene Christie brought stories together eleven years ago. This book will then serve two […]
Let’s take a visit through the anime stores of that most geekiest of areas, Tokyo’s Akihabara district. Hey, it’s like we’re really there!
There’s a whole universe of manga/anime figures available on the shelves of model and toy stores in Japan. And you know what, some lucky bugger has the job of designing and making them. In this case, a chap called Sho who works as a model sculptor at the Good Smile Company in the world’s geekiest area – […]
Here’s the review of the second episode of the new Loki TV series from Marvel, as appearing on Disney Plus. Loki is feeling his feet with the TVA, and has to prove his worth to Agent Mobius by hunting a rogue Loki variant down – or is it him? Spoilers lie ahead – more spoilage than a crate full […]
Here’s the trailer for the second season of Star Trek: Picard – in which the time-line is broken and everyone ends up in an alternative reality. To fix it, some time travelling to the past is in order. John de Lancie is back as Q, of course. There’s also a better quality trailer over here […]
Just what you need for a book on dragon art called ‘Dragon Art’ is a really big oblong book. After an introduction by artist John Howe, Graeme Aymer gives a history of dragons, significantly pointing out that different cultures see them as good or bad. Don’t be rude about the dragons in the orient as […]
Hello everyone I should stay from the start that as geeks we don’t necessarily suffer from boredom. Well, not for long. If we’re idle, then we find something to do, even staring into space, our minds are imagining something. Depending on what you read, some level of boredom is either good for you or might […]
What will transport look like in the future? That’s the question that is answered in this week’s episode of the Click technology and science show. Watch it in full in this 30-minute-long video.
In this 45-minute long science/history documentary, which looks a little like something from the first Captain America movie, the very real plan of the Germans during world war two to drop a nuke on New York is explored. How near was the scheme to becoming a goer, and making the twists and turns of history […]
Just what you need for a book on dragon art called ‘Dragon Art’ is a really big oblong book. After an introduction by artist John Howe, Graeme Aymer gives a history of dragons, significantly pointing out that different cultures see them as good or bad. Don’t be rude about the dragons in the orient as […]
The word ‘novel’ means new. Originally, a tale of over 60,000 words would have been a novel idea and the word became attached to longer fiction but with novel-length books being so common, the word needs to be attached to the content. What is new could refer to the plot, the characters, the setting or […]
There’s a library under a graveyard in the middle of Edinburgh. A library of magical and mystical knowledge that is most definitely not a place for the likes of Ropa, but she can’t stay away. Imagine being able to summon fire or mess with entropy. Proper learning. Understanding the universe levels of knowing stuff. Miles […]
So, another Father’s Day dawns. My own dad passed away a couple of years ago now, so when now posed with the metaphysical question, ‘Who’s the Daddy?’, you can imagine my surprise to find out the answer is, ‘I am!’ I was hoping for a model railway layout for Father’s Day. But I seem to […]
