Who is Tiptree, What is He? by Robert Silverberg
Duncan 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…
Sci-Fi + Fantasy
The Short Stories of Roger Zelazny
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…
James Earl Jones (1931-2024)
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…
Artemis by Andy Weir
A Fun Crime Caper in a Hostile Environment Andy Weir’s rise to prominence with The Martian (2011) is well known, he started by serialising it on his website and then…
City by Clifford D. Simak
A Lamentation to Mankind City is a Post Apocalyptic novel, don’t let anyone tell you any different. The Apocalypse may not be a large single world changing even but the…
All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
A Solid addition to the Dragonriders Series Anne McCaffrey was inspired in part to write Science Fiction due to some of the ways women were portrayed in the genre. She…
Vangelis (29th March 1943- 17th May 2022)
Vangelis – A Personal Voyage I was sad recently to hear of the passing of Vangelis at the age of 79, being a reclusive and private man it took a…
Dave Prowse (1935 – 2020)
There has been a great Disturbance in the Force When I sat in the Cinema in 1978 I along with the rest of the world had never seen anything the…
Worlds to Escape into Part 2 ……. Mars
Sometimes we all just need another world to escape into …… …. Part 2 – Mars In the second part of this article rather than give suggestions on different fictional…
Frightfest 2020 Digital Edition
Frightfest (also known as London Frightfest) this year decided to do a Digital edition due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Just like some other well known festivals they decided to…