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An excellent original anthology of tightly put together stories in this shared world of deliberately reduced technology level. Which of course leads to lots of skullduggery. New Ceres Nights : Smuggler’s Moon – Lee Battersby New Ceres Nights : Murder in Laochan – Aliette de Bodard New Ceres Nights : Fair Trade – Stephen Dedman [...]
An excellent original anthology of tightly put together stories in this shared world of deliberately reduced technology level. Which of course leads to lots of skullduggery. New Ceres Nights : Smuggler’s Moon – Lee Battersby New Ceres Nights : Murder in Laochan – Aliette de Bodard New Ceres Nights : Fair Trade – Stephen Dedman [...]
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“I’m going to use some of his mojo as a jumping off point for asking: what is the world going to look like in 2032? And in 2092? It’s an important question. I expect to be around in 2032, albeit somewhat more creaky (I’ll be 68) — the state of the world in 2032 is [...]
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“Let’s begin with the first question. Why do so many comics lack satisfying content and a sense of continuing interest? Simply enough, it’s because they utilize their space poorly. Space is the most important commodity in creating comics, because one only has so much of it, and any bit of story placed on the page [...]
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An excellent collection, led by Pigeons From Hell. It also contains several good poems along with the novel Almuric. Thunder Of Trumpets : Pigeons From Hell – Robert E. Howard Thunder Of Trumpets : A Thunder Of Trumpets – Robert E. Howard Thunder Of Trumpets : Almuric – Robert E. Howard Thunder Of Trumpets : [...]
Six stories and one poem in this collection, bookended by the great Conan stories Queen of hte Black Coast and A Witch Shall Be Born. Gardens Of Fear : Queen Of The Black Coast – Robert E. Howard Gardens Of Fear : The Haunter Of The Ring – Robert E. Howard Gardens Of Fear : [...]
Six stories and one poem in this collection, bookended by the great Conan stories Queen of hte Black Coast and A Witch Shall Be Born. Gardens Of Fear : Queen Of The Black Coast – Robert E. Howard Gardens Of Fear : The Haunter Of The Ring – Robert E. Howard Gardens Of Fear : [...]
Another introduction from Mark Finn and with several poems to finish as well as throughout the rest of the book another top-notch collection, including the brilliant Conan story Red Nails. Black Hounds Of Death : Black Canaan – Robert E. Howard Black Hounds Of Death : Red Nails – Robert E. Howard Black Hounds Of [...]
Another introduction from Mark Finn and with several poems to finish as well as throughout the rest of the book another top-notch collection, including the brilliant Conan story Red Nails. Black Hounds Of Death : Black Canaan – Robert E. Howard Black Hounds Of Death : Red Nails – Robert E. Howard Black Hounds Of [...]
An excellent collection, led by Pigeons From Hell. It also contains several good poems along with the novel Almuric. Thunder Of Trumpets : Pigeons From Hell – Robert E. Howard Thunder Of Trumpets : A Thunder Of Trumpets – Robert E. Howard Thunder Of Trumpets : Almuric – Robert E. Howard Thunder Of Trumpets : [...]
Of which there is apparently a recording of Moore reading it herself! 4.5 out of 5
Hey, just got to move a sun, deal with an antimatter cannon and teleport a planet intergalactically through a wormhole. So, how cool is Rogue? 4.5 out of 5
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Need to poison a giant plant vampire. How about with an immortal half-goblin crimelord? 4.5 out of 5
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Helium can’t afford to do all the rebuilding they need, and now their canals have stopped flowing. So Dejah Thoris is asked to lead an expedition to the pumping station to see what has happened. Moon pirates led by the titular character is what has happened it has seemed, with motives for wanting Dejah and [...]
Willie is teaching a martial arts class for some kids and unbeknownst to him the wife of a famous concert pianist defector also volunteers at the same club. He also doesn’t know she is the wife that he, Modesty and Tarrant have dinner plans with. The spooks want to snatch him back, but the pair [...]
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Some bad sisterly backstory, an AI that wants to be an orphan’s mum, and a demonic baron psyo has an assassin who is our protagonist’s ex after him. One very fine comic. 4.5 out of 5
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” After my recent review of Les Savage’s collection of western stories THE SHADOW IN RENEGADE BASIN, Keith Chapman left a comment about Señorita Scorpion, the aptly named blonde heroine who appeared in one of them. As part of my reply to him, I thought I’d work up a checklist of all of the stories [...]
Stumbled across this – the same cover is used for The Halfing and Other Stories as this German edition of the Demon Princes. 4.5 out of 5
Miss Hodge is back from somewhere interesting – and a possibly useful guidance counsellor with a worse sister. 4.5 out of 5
A sleeper cell from Cuba, an interrogation and a presidential arm. 4.5 out of 5
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Run away, plug hole with squirrel, but the fairies have a bloody plant plan. 4.5 out of 5
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