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 …
Speculative fiction
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 …
Divergent by Veronica Roth
a review by Nalini Haynes Beatrice is a 16 year old girl living in a class based futuristic society based on factions, where the factionless are …
Hellhole by Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson
a review by Nalini Haynes General Adolphus led a rebellion against a corrupt Empire and lost. Instead of martyring the General, Diadem Michella, the empress, exiled …
America Pacifica by Anna North
A review by Nalini Haynes Darcy and her mother Sarah live in a one bedroom apartment on an island called ‘America Pacifica’. When Sarah goes missing, …
Game by Krystyna Kuhn
A review by Nalini Haynes The Game introduces Julia and Robert, teenage siblings starting at an elite college for gifted and talented students in a valley …
Razor Gate by Sean Cregan
A review by Nalini Haynes The Razor Gate begins when Maya, daughter of a refugee and US citizen, a journalist whose career is in shreds …
Evangelion 2.22 You can [not] advance
a review by Nalini Haynes Creator: Hideaki Anno of Studio Khara Cover: © khara. All Rights Reserved. Shinji Ikari, Shinji’s father Gendo, Misato, Rei and …
Evangelion 1.11 You are [not] alone
a review by Nalini Haynes Creator: Hideaki Anno of Studio Khara Cover: © khara. All Rights Reserved. Evangelion begins with Shinji Ikari, a boy called to …
J. Michael Straczynski says…
J. Michael Straczynski says… J. Michael Straczynski says, literally. This article is BY J. Michael Straczynski, republished with permission in Dark Matter issue 4, July …
Continuum 7
by Nalini Haynes Continuum 7, the Victorian state science fiction convention 7, the Victorian state science fiction convention, was held over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, …
Meg Mundell
Meg Mundell, author of Black Glass, to Dark Matter This was my first ever phone interview and, as such, it wasn’t recorded. This interview is …
Battle Los Angeles
a review by Derek Screen The premise of Battle: Los Angeles is simple. This is our planet. Aliens want it. They try to take it. We …