A review by Nalini Haynes In 1983 Harry, (11) and Miles (14, I think) are fisherman’s sons living ‘down the channel’, south of Hobart, Tasmania. Poverty …
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Eye birdhouse — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
This eye birdhouse makes me think of Cthulu and Blizzard’s latest Hearthstone expansion, centred on their Cthulu rip-off ‘C’thun’. It’s creepy, violet and lime green, …
Containment s01e03: Be Angry At The Sun
A review by Nalini Haynes ‘Be Angry At The Sun’ begins with another quote but this one is less well-known. It appears the writers aim to …
Containment s01e02: I to die, you to live
A review by Nalini Haynes During the pilot (review here), Contagion repeatedly showed scenes in the future, of riots and infected people with blood and …
Game of Thrones s03e02: Dark Wings, Dark Words
A review by Nalini Haynes ‘Dark Wings, Dark Words’ follows Jaime Lannister and Brienne of Tarth as Brienne tries to get Jaime safely to Kings Landing …
Fireman by Joe Hill
A review by Nalini Haynes Harper Grayson works as a school nurse. Someone spontaneously combusts outside her office window. A spore called ‘dragonscale’ is spreading …
Containment s01e01: Pilot
A review by Nalini Haynes Containment is the US remake of European TV series Cordon, created by Carl Joos. It is a hospital in Atlanta, USA, …
Special by Georgia Blain
A review by Nalini Haynes Fern Marlowe was datawiped and dumped in a corporation where she works for data to eat. She remembers her earlier …
Winterkill by Kate A Boorman
A review by Nalini Haynes Emmeline is a 15 year old girl living in a walled settlement in the middle of nowhere, eking out an …
Shannara Chronicles s01e05: Reaper
A review by Nalini Haynes To read my reviews in order, to see my initial enthusiasm be replaced with increasing snark, check out all my Shannara …
The 100 s01e02: Earth Skills
A review by Nalini Haynes In the previous episode Octavia demonstrated her leet Earth skills by going swimming only to be almost eaten by a gigantic snake (NOT …
How to be single (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes IMDB describes How to be single: There’s a right way to be single, a wrong way to be single, and …
Executive robot — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
This executive robot looks like a CEO, senior management or board member. I googled ‘executive robot’ wondering if it was a pun relating to executive …
Game of Thrones s03e01: Valar Dohaeris
A review by Nalini Haynes Recently I received Game of Thrones season 5 to review so I figured I’d better hop back to season 3 …
In the Skin of a Monster by Kathryn Barker
A review by Nalini Haynes Alice’s identical twin sister took a gun to school, shot 7 other students then killed herself. Since then, Alice has been …