Bethesda Softworks and Titan Books are bringing out a second book to help unlock the lore of the The Elder Scrolls Online. Tales of Tamriel – Vol. II: The Lore scoops up the in-game texts you can find as you play, combines it with exclusive artwork, and produces a mythology for fans. The Lore will […]
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Competition: Win Elementary – The Ghost Line
Fan of CBS’ Sherlock remake? Elementary stars Jonny Lee Miller as a contemporary Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Doctor Joan Watson. Sherlock’s had to relocate to Manhattan and Joan has been asigned to him as a sober living companion. She’s supposed to be keeping him steady but instead the pair end up on the […]
What’s more dangerous? Belief or bullets: A review of Slow Bullets
Slow Bullets is a novella from Alastair Reynolds. The sci-fi is set at a time where humanity has expanded to very many planets but split into two. A war rages between the Central Planets and the ones of the Periphery. The government uses a device embedded into its soldiers and people to record their identity […]
Forbidden Judge Dredd episodes to see print again
“The Cursed Earth” was the first epic length Judge Dredd storyline. It was published in 1978 and the full series has never seen the light of day again. Why not? Some episodes featured parodies of iconic corporate powers; Burger King, Ronald McDonald, the Michelin Man and even the Jolly Green Giant. Punches were not pulled. […]
Competition: Johnny Alucard
Kim Newman was way ahead of the curve when it came to re-inventing historical stories with supernatural and fictional characters woven in. His vampire series imagines what it would be like if Dracula had succeeded in taking over England and if Jack the Ripper was a vampire hunter. Johnny Alucard is the fourth book in […]
Huge, hard sci-fi: A review of Bowl of Heaven
Bowl of Heaven is a combined project from sci-fi faves Larry Niven and Gregory Benford. I’m in the interesting position of having read both Bowl of Heaven and the followup Shipstar based on recommendations for the latter of the two. Bowl of Heaven is harder to get into and ends in such a way that […]
Middle Earth map annotated by J.R.R. found in a book
This map was found in a book owned by the illustrator Pauline Baynes. Baynes had been tasked with creating illustrations by Tolkien’s publishers Allen & Unwin in 1970. In drawing her own map she worked with J.R.R. Tolkien who suggested edits on the like of city locations, flora and fauna. We get to discover that […]
Russians against the angel: A review of Truth and Fear
Truth and Fear is Peter Higgin’s strong sequel to Wolfhound Century. I used “communist angel punk” to try and summarise Wolfhound Century and Truth and Fear is more of the brilliant same. We’ve a State Investigator, now essentially hunted by the State, teamed up with the daughter of a terrorist, now an assassination target for […]
The Man with Ten Thousand Eyes born from five movie posters
Late last year Geek Native featured The coolest Kaiju films that didn’t feature Godzilla. It was a post from freelance artist and comic creator Joe Badon. Badon’s back with another Kickstarter – The Man with Ten Thousand Eyes https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1857321894/the-man-with-ten-thousand-eyes That’s some surreal storytelling right there! Imagine having all that power but all those eyes running […]
Competition: Queen of the Dark Things
He’s been compared to Neil Gaiman but has his own, strangely chummy, way with words and in Queen of the Dark Things C. Robert Cargill takes us on an adventure not just to Australia but to the world of the faerie. Following on from Dreams and Shadows, Queen of the Dark Things is set half […]
