Category: GENRE
neXt (TV series trailer: When evil A.I.s attack).
A near-future thriller TV series from Fox featuring a Silicon Valley billionaire – aka actor John Slattery (Mad Men) – who discovers that one of his own creations – an experimental A.I. – could auger global catastrophe. He then teams up with a FBI cyber crime expert to fight a villain written in code. Think […]
Knight (A Chronicle Of Sibyl’s War book 2 of 3) by Timothy Zahn (book review).
If you kept up with my review of ‘Pawn’ this month, the sequel ‘Knight’ was released this year. Nicole Hammond is both a Sibyl and Protector on the alien starship Fyrantha. Her selection and abduction to this role is based on her ability to communicate with the starship when she doses herself with a throat […]
Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor (book review).
The Science Fiction field and especially fandom is a place where diversity is celebrated. We have long got over the pulp SF trope of all sentient aliens being automatically hostile and, in some novels, the aliens have behaved better and with more honour than humans. There is never going to be total harmony and, as […]
Sir Christopher Lee’s photo archive donated to BFI.
Photo credit: Dracula (1958) Hammer Film Productions, source: BFI National Archive. The BFI tell us that Lady Lee, Sir Christopher Lee’s widow, has donated his photographic archive, to the BFI National Archive. The collection offers an insight into one of British Cinema’s most recognisable stars, who would have been 97 years old on 27th May […]
Terminator: Dark Fate (movie trailer).
Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (T-800) return in their original roles in the new science fiction film Terminator: Dark Fate, directed by Tim Miller (Deadpool) and produced by filmmaker James Cameron and David Ellison. Following the events of Terminator 2 Judgement Day, Terminator Dark Fate also stars Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, […]
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (book review).
Co-produced by the Sherlock Holmes Museum, this eye-catching hardback, ‘The Complete Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, asserts it has every Holmes story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Let us consider its merits. The volume is substantial and runs to over a thousand pages. The edges of the pages are tinged scarlet and the binding […]
Beneath The World, A Sea by Chris Beckett (book review).
When I read the cover blurb for Chis Beckett’s new novel ‘Beneath The World, A Sea’, it seemed vaguely familiar. A British policeman is sent to investigate the killings of the indigenous species of the Submundo Delta, the Muendes, whom the local human populace do not consider to be sentient. The Muendes mess with their […]
The Art of Self-Defense (thriller movie trailer).
The Art of Self-Defense is an upcoming dark thriller with Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, and Imogen Poots, due to hit the cinemas on July 12th 2019. Casey Davies (Jesse Eisenberg) is a young geek bullied by everyone he interacts with. He finally snaps and decides to learn Karate to defend himself, but things take a […]
Single White Vampire (Argeneau Family book 1 or 3?) by Lynsay Sands (book review).
Knowing the best place to start is often a dilemma, whether the work in progress is a story, a novel or, in this case, a series of novels. Many authors will return to favoured characters and write about the events leading up to their first appearance in print. For Lynsay Sands ‘Argeneau Family’ saga, ‘Single […]
Genesis by Geoffrey Carr (book review).
I actually bought this book at Eastercon, at a launch party put on by Elsewhen Press. When I started reading it I thought I’m glad I don’t have to review this book as I’m not really the right person for it! Because it was clear at once, even from the cover with a green hand […]
