Joyland is a fantastic story. This is a compelling and yet oddly gentle tale of a young man experiencing the ache of heartbreak and the curve-balls life can throw at you. As it happens, Joyland is written by that master suspense Stephen King. So when there’s the mention that the Horror House in the Joyland […]
A Taste of Blood Wine review
I had a chance to interview A Taste of Blood Wine’s author Freda Warrington before I read the book. In my research for that interview I found many reviews that raved about it; best vampire story ever was a common claim and best story ever was not uncommon either. I asked Freda about the expectations […]
A hands on review of the Acer Iconia A1
The first way the Iconia A1 impressed me was with the battery life. The Android tablet had a sliver of power in it when I wrestled it out of its wrapper and out of its box. I was in a busy hotel bar, totally unable to get near a power point, but that sliver of […]
An up close review of the Sony Xperia L
The Sony Xperia L shapes up well. The phone feels good in the hand, solid and yet responsive to touch and with a graceful design. It enjoys the integrated suite of Sony goodies as well as features like the Sony Fitbit app. The phone itself probably will not wow you. The thing is; the Xperia […]
A review of World of Darkness: The God Machine Chronicle
White Wolf’s World of Darkness: The God Machine Chronicle has topped the “Hottest Items” list for the publisher over at DriveThru RPG ever since it came out – so let’s take a look at it. First up, The God Machine Chronicle is not a complete rule set. You still need to have a copy of […]
A hands on review of the Xperia Tablet Z
Let’s talk about the specs later. It’s not the technical capabilities on Sony’s 10.1” tablet that grab your attention when you pick up the Xperia Tablet Z. What you notice is the size. This tablet feels very light. It’s very slim. I think this is important. In discussions with geeks who have tried to go […]
Eponymous review
Eponymous is a comic book from Mike Garley with art from Martin Simmonds and Letters by Mike Stock. I’d actually encountered the comic series before as it features in VS Comics #1 and other editions. VS is really strong and Eponymous was one of the many titles in the collection that I knew would be […]
First Squad review
First Squad is an anime set on the Eastern Front as Russia fought the Nazis. We watched it with English sub-titles and most of the dialogue was in Russian. The plot is straight forward with the twist at the start rather than the end. We follow a young woman, with a red blindfold and a […]
A review of Plague Nation by Dana Fredsti
Plague Nation is the second Ashley Parker novel and follows Plague Town. The third book, not out yet, is to be called Plague World so you can see how things are progressing. I reviewed Plague Town nearly a year ago and enjoyed it. It was a zombie novel that would appeal to zombie fans while […]
Rapture of the Nerds review: clever but weird
I came to Rapture of the Nerds not having read any Cory Doctorow outside his excellent articles on protecting the freedom of the internet and having read plenty of Charles Stross’ books but favouring the battle against ancient godlike beings beyond time and space from the Laundry Files. Rapture of the Nerds is a transhuman […]
