Episode Review & Analysis – The Name of The Doctor
bbc.co.uk Ah, Ah, Ah… Spoilers Gallifrey “A Long Time Ago”. A pair of grease monkeys watch a video screen on which William Hartnell is stealing a TARDIS. Clara appears by his side advising him that he...
View ArticleBook Review: The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth by Stuart Clark
I absolutely love this title, beautifully poetic while presenting the concept behind the science in this book. This is the first in an unusual trilogy that follows some of history’s most famous...
View ArticleDoctor Who 50th Anniversary Special – What We Know
Just less than six months away, the episode or episodes that will mark 50 years of the UK’s favourite science fiction show is marked in furious debate, lots of speculation and an unending amount of...
View ArticleBook Review: Zima Blue by Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds is one of modern science fiction’s most celebrated writers. Not everybody’s cup of tea, even seasoned fans such as myself sometimes find his work heavy going, he is a master of what...
View ArticleRIP Iain (M) Banks
I didn’t think it right for me to write an obituary as I did with James Herbert as I have only read one of his books (with one more in my “to read” pile). I did meet him at a book signing about twenty...
View ArticleWhat is “New Space Opera”?
This is what we think about when we hear the term “space opera” sciencefiction.com Having finished Zima Blue, a collection of short stories by Alastair Reynolds a few weeks ago, this passage in the...
View ArticleI Write for a Doctor Who fanblog now… Doctor Who fanblogs are cool
Steady on girls… scyfilove.com Yes! One of my regular writing gigs is now to write short articles for a new Doctor Who fansite. I am part of a small team and the site is well-produced – not a huge...
View ArticleJames White 2013
Realising I missed last year’s entry, I ended up entering 50% Match? into the ArcFinity competition. It didn’t win which means I am free to shake it up a bit, give it another thorough edit and enter it...
View ArticleBook Review: Blind Sight (through the eyes of Leocardo Reyes) by Ermisenda...
I am proud once again to be able to promote more self-published work. This, an interesting co-written novel that tells a story from one half of two main characters. The other half is written by...
View ArticleDoctor Who Land has a new website
The Doctor Who fansite I write for has a new link, please ignore the previous article as it is no longer active at that address. I have written two articles already, but so far only one has gone up....
View ArticleSteampunk – Counter Culture?
wikimedia.org So, last weekend I read, absorbed and reviewed Jeff Vandermeer’s The Steampunk Bible. Something that Vandermeer hinted at through the text and something that was far more blatant in the...
View ArticleBooks on the Screen
Is it just me or has there been a cosmic shift in television dramas (particularly sci fi) in the last few years? Have you noticed? Go back over modern television – go back perhaps 30 years and those...
View ArticleBook Review: The Steampunk Bible by Jeff Vandermeer
Oh steampunk, steampunk how do I love thee? Let me count the ways… Actually I’m still a relative steam virgin if I’m honest. My exploration of this bizarre subgenre has really only inched forward in...
View ArticleA Biography of our New Doctor
In the last few hours it has been revealed that Peter Capaldi will replace Matt Smith as The Doctor when he of the cool bow ties has his swan song at this year’s Christmas special. One of the bookies...
View ArticleBook Review: Forget Yourself by Redfern Jon Barrett
Continuing commissions from theindieview.com, this interesting 75,000 word novel came to me at the end of July with a most intriguing description – the first one that was really right up my street....
View ArticleBook Review: Rise From the Ashes – Lena’s Story by Laura Franklin
Another indieview comission here and this is the sort of post-apocalyptic drama that is right up my street so I gladly accepted this one. Most of the world has been hit by multiple and simultaneous...
View ArticleBook Review: After the Fall (various authors)
Apocalyptic fiction is perhaps the growth subgenre of the last few years. I have spoken in some of my blog posts about the correlation between the economic downturn and end of the world fiction. We are...
View ArticleDoctor Who 50th Anniversary Special - What We Know
Reblogged from Sweat, Tears and Digital Ink:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Em8lmmTNkA&w=630&h=385] Just less than six months away, the episode or episodes that will mark 50 years of...
View Article50 Years of Doctor Who
So here it is, one of two official trailers for the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who The Day of the Doctor. It is the highlight of the celebrations but it is not the only thing taking place to...
View ArticleBook Review: Aetna Adrift by Erik Wecks
This is a stand alone kind of prequel novel for an upcoming series of books set in a universe known as “Pax Imperium”. It is a universe where government and megacorporations are one and the same (this...
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