a review by Nalini Haynes The press release sums up the characters in Outland thus: ‘There’s Max (Toby Truslove), insecure and looking for love; the …
Speculative fiction
Anywhere but Earth edited by Keith Stevenson
a review by Thoraiya Anywhere but Earth is an anthology incorporating short stories from Sean McMullen, Margo Lanagan, Cat Sparks, Brendan Duffy, Kim Westwood, Robert Hood, Patty …
Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds
A review by Nalini Haynes Blue Remembered Earth introduces Sunday and Geoffrey, who are sister and brother; their family lives in Africa after the Resource and Relocation …
Pure & a PhD
Pure & a PhD 15 March 2012 I’m reading Pure by Julianna Baggott. 104 pages in and WOW! I have a dream of doing a PhD …
Emerald Tablets by Paul Garrety
a review by Rebecca Muir Publisher: Harper Voyager Release date: 2011 The Emerald Tablets is the sequel to Paul Garrety’s paranormal thriller The Seventh Wave …
Islanders by Christopher Priest
a review by Steve Cameron Publisher: Orbit Year: 2011 The Dream Archipelago consists of thousands of islands that gird the equator. To the north and …
Space Battleship Yamato
a review by Nalini Haynes Please note: this review is written without having seen the original TV series of the same name. Twenty-second century Earth …
Gantz
a review by Nalini Haynes Directed by Shinsuke Sato Kurono and Kato are two young men who die in a train accident then find themselves …
11.22.63 by Stephen King
a review by Nalini Haynes Stephen King’s latest novel, 11.22.63: Jake Epping is a high school English teacher whose wife divorced him, claiming he was …
Don’t Mess with Firefly
Don’t Mess with Firefly ‘Don’t mess with Firefly‘ was previously published in Dark Matter issue 7. The first I heard of this story was when …
Marianne de Pierres
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 …
Rowena Cory Daniells
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 …