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BAFTD Books Book Review Short Stories

The Night Blooming Saurian by James Tiptree jr

Duncan 2nd May 2025 No Comments

This Short Story was in the Anthology DINOSAURS! (1990) edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois published by Ace ISBN044114883-2 Digging into the sub-genre of Time Travel, rich idiots hunting…

BAFTD Books Book Review

The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker (1952)

Duncan 1st May 2025 No Comments

The Long Loud Silence is another case of a book that should really be in print that isn’t. Wilson Tuckers brutal 1952 post apocalyptic novel is a forgotten classic.

BAFTD Books Technology

Technology is meant to be fun isn’t it? Part 1

Duncan 23rd March 2025 No Comments

I’m of an age that I remember a time pre-internet, even pre-home computers. For me as a Science Fiction fan raised on a steady diet of Star Wars, Star Trek,…

BAFTD Books Sci-Fi + Fantasy

Who is Tiptree, What is He? by Robert Silverberg

Duncan 21st January 2025 No Comments

Robert Silverberg’s Full Introduction from James Tiptree’s Warm worlds and other (1972). There is one paragraph normally quoted from this text but rarely is the whole introduction shown in which…

BAFTD Books Featured Sci-Fi + Fantasy

The Short Stories of Roger Zelazny

Duncan 11th January 2025 No Comments

My first exposure to the works of Roger Zelazny was the film Damnation Alley (1977), at the time I didn’t realise was based upon his work. The film starring George…

Featured Intermission

New Year, New Look

Duncan 4th January 2025 No Comments

As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume This blog has been a little neglected for a while, not that…

Featured Updates

Updates are Happening

Duncan 11th September 2024 No Comments

There will be quite a few updates and minor changes to the site over the next few weeks. I want to be posting on a more regular basis and I…

Featured Films + TV Sci-Fi + Fantasy

James Earl Jones (1931-2024)

Duncan 11th September 2024 No Comments

When an actor, or someone in the public eye sadly dies not only do you start thinking of your own mortality but what that person meant to you and the…

BAFTD Books Book Review Featured

A Tale of Two Surgeons

Duncan 23rd August 2023 No Comments

A Tale of two Surgeons It’s always interesting when you get two books with the same title covering similar ground. Here we have the tale of two Star Surgeons, both…

Featured Intermission

What to do with all that Stuff – August 2023

Duncan 1st August 2023 No Comments

As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume What to do with all that Stuff. To quote the much maligned…

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Duncan

Duncan

You can call me D and I live with my wife Rosie and 3 rescue dogs in Orkney, Scotland. I'm a Sci-fi Geek that loves reading, art and films.

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BAFTD Books Book Review Short Stories

The Night Blooming Saurian by James Tiptree jr

BAFTD Books Book Review

The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker (1952)

BAFTD Books Technology

Technology is meant to be fun isn’t it? Part 1

BAFTD Books Sci-Fi + Fantasy

Who is Tiptree, What is He? by Robert Silverberg

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