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April 2020
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The Temporal Void
This long complex novel is the follow up to The Dreaming Void, another long complex novel which I reviewed a few months ago. ...
March 2020
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The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown: A Novel
‘The Astounding, the Amazing and the Unknown’ is a follow up to ‘The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril’ but can be read independent...
February 2020
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Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics
Jerry Robinson is one of the founders of those American superhero comics that have now gone international and taken over the ...
October 2019
14
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View From Another Shore: European Science Fiction
Anthologies of foreign Science Fiction are intrinsically interesting, I think because the writers come from a different cultu...
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Essential Sgt. Fury, Vol. 1
Like all ‘Marvel Essential’ and ‘DC Showcase’ volumes this is in black and white on cheap paper. Marvel has discontinued the ...
September 2019
30
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Dangerous Women
This bumper collection has the theme of dangerous women but is not genre-specific so there are all sorts of stories from west...
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Machine Man
I was telling my dear brother about ‘Machine Man: The Complete Collection’ by Jack Kirby & Steve Ditko. ‘Complete?’ said he. ...
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Essential Doctor Strange, Vol. 2
‘Essential Doctor Strange Volume 2’ is similar to the second half of Volume 1 in that it’s more piecemeal with several differ...
September 2019
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Batman Illustrated, Vol. 1
This book’s contents are described in the title. It’s ‘Batman Illustrated’ by Neal Adams starting with World’s Finest Comics ...
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Essential Iron Man, Vol. 5
In black and white on cheap paper, Essential Iron Man # 5 follows the usual pattern. It contains reprints of Iron Man # 62-75...
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Treachery's Tools
‘Treachery’s Tools’ continues L.E. Modesitt Jr’s ‘Imager Portfolio’ series set on the continent of Solidar, on the world of T...
August 2019
06
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Shipstar
‘Shipstar’ continues the adventure started in ‘Bowl Of Heaven’ where the crew of SunSeeker encountered a solar system-sized b...
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Showcase Presents: Dial H for Hero
Sockamagee! I have a vague memory of fondness for ‘Dial H For Hero’ when I was very young, so I bought this ‘Showcase’ volume...
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Superman Team-Ups Vol. 1
This book collects, in glorious black and white, DC Presents Superman Team-Up # 1 through to DC Presents Superman Team-Up # 2...
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Showcase Presents: Green Lantern, Vol. 2
My new year’s resolution is to read my stack of ‘DC Showcase’ at the rate of one comic magazine per day. As they usually cont...
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Far Orbit: Speculative Space Adventures
‘Far Orbit: Speculative Space Adventures’ was prompted by an open letter to SF from Elizabeth Bear in which she said that it ...
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Heritage of Cyador
Heritage Of Cyador’ is the latest volume in L.E. Modesitt, Jr.‘s best selling ‘The Saga Of Recluce’. This now runs to eightee...
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In the Days of the Mob
When I was young, over forty years ago, we grew up watching old black and white Warner Brothers gangster films on black and w...
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Cyador's Heirs
The setting is Cigoerne, a small country of decent people in the continent of Hamor. When their homeland of Cyador was destro...
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Showcase Presents: Batgirl
Beautiful actress Yvonne Craig passed away in August 2015. She played the slave girl Marta in classic ‘Star Trek’ episode ‘Wh...
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