A review by CJ Dee A City Called Smoke begins where A Town Called Dust (review here) left off, it’s the second book in The Territory …
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Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger
A review by Nalini Haynes Manners & Mutiny is Finishing School book 4, preceded by Etiquette & Espionage, Curtsies and Conspiracies and Waistcoats and Weaponry. …
Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
A review by Nalini Haynes After the death star exploded over Endor in Return of the Jedi, there is Aftermath. Norra Wexley, a crack Rebel — …
Doctor Who s09e03: Under the Lake
A review by Nalini Haynes Hooray! An episode NOT written by the Grand Moffat. As of days of yore, like during the Tom Baker era, …
Dweeb — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Dweeb I get the impression that Ian Gunn had no time for the intricacies of obsessive-compulsive minutiae, hence ‘Dweeb’. A dweeb is a boring, studious, …
Marvels by Brian Selznick
A review by Nalini Haynes The Marvels is a beautiful hardcover novel, the height and width of a fairly normal hardcover but very thick. It’s …
Doctor Who s09e02: The Witch’s Familiar
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 …
Dotting the eyes — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Dotting the eyes Ian Gunn was a very punny man who loved dotting the eyes. Nuff said, I think. Silly Illo artist Ian Gunn Ian …
Violet (part 1 of a novel)
Violet and Missy are BFFs starting high school. Wealthy cheerleader types make life difficult but vampire feeder scholarships could help. However, they need parental approval. A novel by …
Duncan Lay: Reality in Fantasy
The one thing that annoys me about some fantasy is its complete lack of reality A guest blog by Duncan Lay Obviously that doesn’t imply …
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Millennium Falcon vs Starship Enterprise
Apparently National Geographic isn’t dead yet, in spite of Rupert Murdock taking it over and sacking award-winning staff. The latest from National Geographic is AWESOME: …
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 …
Response to criticism in ‘doodle of comment’ — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
A response to criticism in ‘Doodle of comment’ Every author and artist needs to be careful in every response to criticism. I think this doodle of …
Mr Punch by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
A review by Nalini Haynes The full title of this 20th anniversary edition is The comical tragedy or tragical comedy of Mr Punch. My review …
Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb
A review by Nalini Haynes Fool’s Quest is the second in the Fitz and the Fool trilogy by Robin Hobb; this review will contain spoilers …