A review by Nalini Haynes ISBN: 9780349001364 Format: paperback, 384 pages Publisher: Atom (Hachette) Rating: 4 1/2 out of 5 stars Shards and Ashes is an anthology …
Speculative fiction
Mona by Dan Sehlberg
A review by Nalini Haynes Format: 448pp in paperback ISBN (13): 9781922070975 Publisher: Scribe Mona is a little girl playing in her yard in Lebanon while her …
Queer is not all that hard: on writing LGBT characters
Traci Castleberry, Matt Cresswell and Melissa Scott joined me to discuss diversity with a focus on how to include gender and sexually diverse characters. The …
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
A review by C J Dee Cloudy with a chance of meatballs is about Flint Lockwood (Hader), a child inventor who grows up to be …
Coneheads
A review by C J Dee Director: Steve Barron Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke, Chris Farley, Michael McKean and David Spade Other notable …
Orphan Black s01e01
A review by Nalini Haynes Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) is on a train platform when she sees a woman preparing to jump in front of a …
Drones
A review by Nalini Haynes Go straight to discussion – your comments are welcome Other reviews Trailer Brian is a low-level office drone who spends …
Ghosts with shit jobs
A review by Nalini Haynes Go straight to discussion – your comments are welcome! Other reviews Trailer Ghosts with shit jobs is a speculative fiction …
Crystal Venom by Steve Wheeler
A review by Rebecca Muir Crystal Venom is the second book in Steve Wheeler’s A Fury of Aces series. It picks up the story of Marko …
“World-building in near-future science fiction” with Sean Williams, Marianne de Pierres, John Birmingham and Meg Mundell
Today’s special guests are Sean Williams, Marianne de Pierres, John Birmingham and Meg Mundell. World-building in near-future science fiction Contents list (click for quick-links without …
Burnt Ice by Steve Wheeler
A review by Rebecca Muir Burnt Ice is the first book in Steve Wheeler’s A Fury of Aces series. It follows the adventures of Marko Spitz, …
Divergent the movie
A review by Edward and Nalini Haynes Dark Matter’s minion said, ‘Possibly one of the best movies I’ve ever seen… better than the Hunger Games… …
Divergent: Tris vs Jeanine (movie trailer)
In partnership with Entertainment One, Dark Matter Zine is delighted to bring you Meet Four, a Divergent movie trailer. Entertainment One says: DIVERGENT is a …
Young Adult and Middle Grade Speculative Fiction awards, USA 2014
Media release April 2, 2014 Detcon1 announces finalists for the Detcon1 Awards (the USA awards for 2014 while WorldCon is offshore) for Young Adult and …
Riddick – the movie
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★☆☆ three out of five stars Recently I re-watched the Chronicles of Riddick: the director attempted to put a Pitch …