Book trailers are all the rage but that doesn’t mean many of them are very good. This trailer for book 2 in Gail Carriger’s Finishing School series certainly is. Check out the promo for Curtsies and Conspiracies. In this book, we follow Sophronia from Etiquette & Espionage on her way to become a spy, meeting […]
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Art Noise: A review of One Model Nation
One Model Nation has sat in my to-review pile for a while; too long, according to my notes. To be honest the promise of historical events blended in with fiction wrapped together with an art noise band as the focus of the story had a fight to win my attention. That said; there are two […]
Monsters You’ll Return To: A review of Aunt Marie’s Book of Lore
Aunt Marie was the one who brought Nick Burkhardt into the world of the Wesen and the role of the Grimm. It’s through her caravan filled with artefacts, old tapes (such as old 8mm tape footage from the Second World War) and especially old books that Nick is able to read up on the new […]
A Civil Armageddon: Steed and Mrs Peel review
Josh Whedon’s The Avengers never made the cinema in the UK. The movie people did their market research and concluded the name was taken. Releasing the super hero meets super spy film without changing the name would confuse people. The official UK title was The Avengers Assemble. Mark Waid reminds us why Steed and Mrs […]
Competition: The Lost Stars
Geek Native, if you search around through old reviews, is full of praise for Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet series. We’ve even been lucky enough to interview the author himself. The Lost Stars is a new series in the same world created by the military sci-fi epic. This time round we follow the events of the […]
Silence in the Library: All female sci-fi and fantasy project Kickstarts
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/103879051/athenas-daughters-women-in-science-fiction-and-fan/ [Back the Campaign] The Athena’s Daughters anthology went to Kickstarter asking for $8,500. They’ve nearly a month on the clock and have raised nearly $15,000. The campaign is for an all female sci-fi and fantasy collection. The stories are written by women, the illustrations are by women and so is the editing. The concept […]
National pride: A review of Saltire
Diamonsteel Comics introduce Saltire as Scotland’s first superhero and given the red headed, beardy chap with big boots and blue skin it seems pretty clear to me which nation he represents. Like many national pride issues; Saltire looks backwards in history and to about 125 AD when the Roman Empire had control of much of […]
Wizards without Coats: Furry
Not really an insult, though. < PreviousWizards without Coats[The End] Rakshasa or whatever, he’s still a furry. This is the last in the current series of Wizards without Coats. As it turns out, it could also be the first in a new series of Famous Last Words. The Rakshasa isn’t a demon lord one […]
War and marriage with werewolves: A review of The Silvered
An empire armed with fledgeling technology; rifles, basic artillery, air balloons and even early cameras invades a nearby country ruled by mages and werewolves. The set up for Tanya Huff‘s The Silvered seems to offer a little for everyone and be designed to lure in gamers. I must admit that the mashup of a setting […]
One for fans: Grimm – The Icy Touch
Fans of the NBC show Grimm may have a reason to skip re-runs in favor of a quiet evening in their comfiest chair. John Shirley brings the supernatural thriller Grimm to the page in his novel The Icy Touch; An adventure staring the usual suspects from the show including Nick Burkhardt, Hank Griffin and Monroe. […]
