a review by Nalini Haynes A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness focuses on Diana Bishop, descendent of Bridget Bishop and Stephen Proctor of the Salem …
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Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse
a review by Steve Cameron The winter of 1928, and Freddie Watson is touring the French countryside. He’s seeking peace in his grief-filled life, after …
Creeper by Tania Carver
a review by Steve Cameron A young woman has extremely vivid nightmares. She is aware of a presence in her room at night – waiting, …
Machine of Death edited by Ryan North, Matthew Bennardo & David Malki
A review by Steve Cameron Imagine a world where anyone can pay a basic fee, poke their finger into the slot of a machine that …
Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
a review by Nalini Haynes Emiko is a windup girl, a genetically engineered creature designed and trained to act as a personal assistant and consort …
Barking Death Squirrels by Douglas A. Van Belle
a review by Steve Cameron Publisher: Random Static Year: 2010 Sometime in the far future, mankind has travelled beyond the limitations of our solar system …
Black Butler Collection 1
a review by Nalini Haynes Director: Shinohara Toshiya Produced: A-1 Pictures Distributor: Madman Ciel Phantomhive, a twelve year old boy, is head of his family, …
Venture Bros season 4
a review by Nalini Haynes Production: Cartoon Network Distributor: Madman Dean and Hank are the Venture Bros, who live with their professor father and their …
Spice and Wolf season 1
a review by Nalini Haynes Producer: Kadokawa Pictures Distributor: Madman Rating: M Holo is the Wolf Goddess who has brought rich harvests but also allowed …
Trudi Canavan and Jennifer Fallon in conversation
by Nalini Haynes Trudi Canavan and Jennifer Fallon talked in a panel session about writing, their careers, interviews and more. Jenny opened the session by talking …
Supanova 2011
by Nalini Haynes Previously published in Dark Matter the PDF zine, posted here for your enjoyment. Melbourne Supanova ran from 8 to 10 April 2011. …
Rant about ‘Shut-in’ comment
by Nalini Haynes Dark Matter has a policy of respect – reviewers don’t have to like the books they read, but DM asks them to …
Nathan Fillon said he’d buy Firefly
by Nalini Haynes Ever heard the saying be careful what you’d wish for? Well, Nathan Fillon may well be wishing he was more careful with …
Stargate Universe
A review by Nalini Haynes There is a stargate on a planet, Icarus, and a computer-stored address with a 9th chevron. So of course the …
Syfy Cancellations
by Nalini Haynes Not so long ago, the SciFi channel (pay TV in the USA) changed its name to Syfy, (pronounced ‘siffy’). Syfy is distancing …