a review by Rebecca Muir Earth Girl is the debut novel for Janet Edwards, and it is a great first book. It is set in 2789, …
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Doctor Who (1967): The Ice Warriors
a review by Nalini Haynes The Ice Warriors (1967) is out on DVD today, 28 August 2013. Patrick Troughton is the Doctor (sans flute), accompanied by …
Prodigy by Marie Lu
a review by Nalini Haynes Prodigy is the second instalment in a trilogy that will be complete later this year. I recently reviewed Legend, the …
Legend by Marie Lu
a review by Nalini Haynes Legend, a dystopian YA novel with a far future setting, is a world where climate change and earthquakes changed the …
Elysium the movie: a review
A review by Nalini Haynes Elysium begins with Max (Matt Damon) and Frey (Alice Braga) as children, speaking Spanish and being cared for by an …
C Sean McGee’s Utopian Circus
a review by Evie Kendal Utopian Circus is the second installment of the series CITY: a literary concerto by self-published author, C. Sean McGee. Like …
Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation has twitter
A letter from Jonathan Cowie at Concatenation Greetings This is just to let you know that… the Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation now has …
Doctor Who s07e08: Cold War
Episode 4, season 7, part 2 A review by Nalini Haynes ‘Cold War’ is set in 1983, apparently a crucial time in the real cold …
Dreaming of Djinn edited by Liz Grzyb
a review by Nalini Haynes Dreaming of Djinn is an anthology of short stories by Australian authors inspired by Western mythology of Middle Eastern culture …
Upside Down
a review by Nalini Haynes Upside Down stars Jim Sturgess as Adam and Kirsten Dunst as Eden; they fell in love as teenagers although they …
Doctor Who s07e08: The Rings of Akhaten
A review by Nalini Haynes The Doctor (Matt Smith) stalks Clara (Jenna Coleman) through time in the beginning of the Rings of Akhaten. He watches Clara’s parents meet, …
Alif the Unseen by G Willow Wilson: a review
A review by Kathy Sinclair G. Willow Wilson’s debut novel, written just before (and possibly in anticipation of) the Arab Spring, is a hard book …
Doctor Who s07e07: The Bells of St John
season 7 part 2 A review by Nalini Haynes An evil high-tech business, run by Miss Kizlet played by Celia Imrie, uses unsecured WiFi connections …
James Cameron’s The Abyss the extended edition: a review
A review by Nalini Haynes The Abyss was on the watch list for Archetypes and Imagery class so like a good little student I sourced …
Pacific Rim
A review by Nalini Haynes This review of Pacific Rim is brought to you courtesy of LOTS OF CAFFEINE Charlie Hunnam plays Raleigh Becket, a …