Marianne de Pierres science fiction fantasy and paranormal romance author talks to Nalini Haynes of Dark Matter Marianne de Pierres came to Melbourne recently to participate in the …
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Rowena Cory Daniells fantasy and crime author talks to Nalini Haynes of Dark Matter Recently Rowena Cory Daniells was in Melbourne for the Sisters in Crime convention. …
Freedom (TV series) by Katsuhiro Otomo
a review by Nalini Haynes Freedom‘s official blurb says: In the year 2041, mankind created their first space colony on the moon. But after a freak …
Revisionists by Thomas Mullen
a review by Nalini Haynes Zed is from the far future and has travelled back to present-day Washington to ensure that disasters take place in …
Ship breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
a review by Nalini Haynes Nailer, a teenage boy, and his friends work on a ship breaker team, stripping lightweight salvage from shipwrecks for a …
Angel Arias by Marianne de Pierres
Night Creatures book 2 a review by Nalini Haynes Spoiler for Burn Bright, the first in the series. Naif, also called Retra, is a teenager who, in …
Orchid #1 by Tom Morello, art by Scott Hepburn
a review by Nalini Haynes The promotional blurb for Orchid says: “When the seas rose, genetic codes were smashed. Now, human settlements are ringed by a dense …
Peacemaker by Marianne de Pierres, art by Brigitte Sutherland
a review by Nalini Haynes Peacemaker is set in a national park encompassed by a supercity in futuristic Australia. Virgin is the very capable park ranger. …
Mole Hunt by Paul Collins
a review by Nalini Haynes Maximus Black is an 18 year old cadet in the interstellar peacekeeping agency known as RIM. He is a sociopath of …
Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres
a review by Braiden Asciak This review of Burn Bright was originally published on Braiden’s website then published in Dark Matter issue 5, September 2011 with …
Echo City by Tim Lebbon
A review by Jade Hounsell Ok….where to start with Echo City?? I could do what I usually do and give you a run down on the …
Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat by Andrez Bergen
a review by Jane Feely The first thing I noticed when I began to read Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat was how unlike it was to anything else …
Metropolis
a review by Nalini Haynes Director: Fritz Lang Year: 1927, re-released in 2010 Distributor: Madman Freder is a young man living in Metropolis, a city built …
A Million
a review by Steve Cameron Distributor: Madman Year: 2009 Language: Korean (with English subtitles) Eight young Koreans become contestants on a Survivor type reality TV …
Monsters
a review by Nalini Haynes Writer and Director: Gareth Edwards Release: 2011 on DVD and BluRay Distributor: Madman Monsters opens with Andrew Kaulder, a photographer, searching …