A review by Nalini Haynes ‘The Witch’s Familiar’ is part two of ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’ (review here). Warning: if you haven’t seen the first episode …
Speculative fiction
Doctor Who s09e01: The Magician’s Apprentice
A review by Nalini Haynes A war zone. An airplane. On the ground, a foot soldier with a bow and arrow seems to think he …
Resistance by John Birmingham
A review by Nalini Haynes Resistance is the 2nd Dave Hooper novel; the first was Emergence. Dave Hooper is a classic dropkick: for most of …
Unexpected Rain by Jason LaPier
A review by CJ Dee Officer Stanford Runstom is a by-the-book police officer with dreams of becoming a Detective like his mother. Jack J Jackson …
Jason M Hough: The Bond Connection
A guest blog by Jason M Hough Jason talks about the Bond Connection: specifically, how Bond influenced his novel, Zero World. Bond, James Bond. That …
Windswept by Adam Rakuna
A review by Nalini Haynes Windswept is rum made from molasses on a dead-end planet at the arse-end of the universe. Padma, a union official, …
Zeroes by Chuck Wendig
A review by Nalini Haynes Chance is working on the love of his life, a Plymouth Duster (I thought a duster was a coat like …
End of All Things by John Scalzi
A review by Nalini Haynes The End of All Things is the 6th book in the Old Man’s War series by John Scalzi and the …
Glitch season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes *amendment: initially I said Adam Hills of The Last Leg was one of the creators of Glitch; apparently it was …
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
A review by Nalini Haynes Jupiter Ascending has received a real panning in the media; people have criticised it for being a trainwreck of a …
Sense8 season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes Eight people around the world discover they’re mentally linked and they have been since birth but they’ve just discovered it. …
Time Salvager by Wesley Chu
A review by Nalini Haynes James Griffin-Mars is a Chronoman, a time salvager who retrieves goods, particularly energy sources, to stave off the destruction of …
Mind Games by Teri Terry
A review by CJ Dee Luna lives in a future where everyone spends their lives ‘plugged in’ to a virtual world via implants in their …
Hacked by Tracy Alexander
A review by Nalini Haynes. Dan Langley is your typical 16-year-old geek except for his affinity with code. He goes down the rabbit hole to …
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
A review by Nalini Haynes Grasshopper Jungle is the history of the end of the world starting with Austin, leaping to Austin’s great-great-grandfather, meandering back …