I came to James P Blaylock’s steampunk books via his most recent novel The Aylesford Skull. I enjoyed the book and decided to read through some of his previous books starting with Homonculus. What a surprise. This feels like a very different book. The first few pages almost feel as if a different author was […]
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Clone Rebellion: Rogue Clone review
Rogue follows on from Clone Rebellion: Republic. The set up involves a controlling republic that bullies the spiralling arms of the intergalactic human colonies through the twin hammers of politics and a large and mainly clone army. Our hero is Wayson Harris who has risen up through the ranks from being a just graduated marine […]
Review of the Gadget Show Live 2013
This is my third trip down to see The Gadget Show Live and that allows me to see how the event has evolved over the years. The event is a large expo; six great halls in the Birmingham NEC filled with stands and stalls that showcase some of the latest tech (and the occasional future […]
A review of Shattered Moon
Shattered Moon is a roleplaying game from Broken Tower and Tim Westhaven. Westhaven is both author and artist on the game, given that the book is 320 pages of colourful art and clever text the project must have been a labour of love. Shattered Moon makes use of the FateStorm VRS. That’s the FateStorm Virtual […]
Clone Rebellion: Republic review
I picked up Clone Rebellion: Republic and instantly thought “Star Wars. The Clone Wars”. How could I not? This is a military sci-fi thriller in which a repressive Republic rule the known universe through an army of cloned marines. That’s when the comparisons stop. Steven L. Kent’s sci-fi series is far more likely to appeal […]
Swords and Wizardry Monstrosities review
Swords and Wizardry Monstrosities is the largest ever compilation of monsters for Swords & Wizardry from Frog God Games. There are 186 new monsters and hundreds of older monsters from the first edition of the game and they’re all in one place. Swords and Wizardry itself dates back to the 1970s and Frog God Games’ version […]
Tales of the Sleepless City review
Tales of the Sleepless City is a collection of investigations for Call of Cthulhu. The download weighs in at 162-pages from Miskatonic River Press. There are seven different authors involved. Dan Harms for To Awaken What Never Sleeps, Brian Sammons for The Terror from the Museum, C. Michael Hurst for The Fishers of Men, Oscar […]
After America review
After America is the sequel to John Birmingham’s Without Warning. It’s very much part two of a trilogy. I don’t think it is possible to pick up and dive into After America without having read Without Warning, although the first book is good so worth reading anyway, and it rather does leave you wanting to […]
God of War II by Robert E Vardeman review
God of War might not spring to mind as a computer franchise to cross the media streams and manifest as a series of novels but it’s done just that. On reflection perhaps it’s not that surprising. After all, Kratos and his struggles are firmly inspired by Greek mythology. Players of the game will have heard […]
The Wyld Hunt (Agency Case Files) review
I really enjoyed The Wyld Hunt. It’s a bit of a challenge to find a genre that satisfies; cyberpunk meets noir? That’s close but there’s almost Dune like sci-fi in the background and elements of horror, even Lovecraft inspired horror, just lurking in the background. Agent John Aries works in a far future London in […]
