Good news! Barricade is out as a paperback. Geek Native gave the gritty sci-fi a positive review last July and I added it to my Best of the Year 2014 roundup at Forbidden Planet. You can buy Barricade at Amazon. Now you can win Jon Wallace’s adventure and follow Kenstibec’s trip from Edinburgh to London […]
The Temple teaser looks tempting!
It’s 2085, the oceans have swallowed coastal cities and islands. In one of the surviving megalopolis a genetic virus and cyborgs are threatening the remaining population. Oz, a health service worker, has to find a way to survive the growing chaos. temple is a project from the team behind the impressive Akira Project. Once again […]
Periorbis mines success from Kickstarter
Periorbis is an economic strategy game set in space around the business of mining asteroids has cleared it’s Kickstarter funding goal with days left on the clock. It’s worth a look at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gdmnw/periorbis-the-deep-space-mining-board-game-for-2-6 [Back this Campaign] The early bird pledge slots are all gone so the first tier that might interest you […]
Who’s afraid of the dark? A review of Dark Star
Dark Star by Oliver Langmead is an original sci-fi. The whole book is written in a verse like format. I thought this would be annoying, especially as I used my Kindle app on my Nexus 7 to read my copy, but I was wrong. As it happens, the verse-like formatting of Dark Star is easy […]
Short film: Miles
This is a proof-of-concept film. A teenage dirt bike rider finds himself in a strange friendship with an escaped prototype robot. The bot, M.A.X., is the most advanced military creation in history but seems more interested in playing. There’s more information over at Craine Systems.com. Make wise use this random teleport link as a quick […]
Visually stunning, plot struggling: A review of Harlock Space Pirate
There’s no doubt that Space Pirate Captain Harlock is an anime legend. The character, who has had a few incarnations, is famous. The latest adventure with the icon is a stunning full length feature film. This is a reboot of the franchise; suitable for someone coming to the series for the first time as it […]
Impossible POW: A review of Valour’s Trial
Valour’s Trial (or, I suppose, Valor Trial to go by the spelling used in some parts of the world) is another in Tanya Huff’s Confederation series. I really like how easy Huff makes reading. Her books can be layered, clever and are rarely predictable but she manages to make each one a breeze to read […]
Short film: Dual
A short computer animation by Blue-Zoo. One explorer on an alien planet needs to reach the other side of the crater in order to re-establish radio contact. Make use of this random teleport link to jump to a different short film.
Short film: Atropa
A short film by Eli Sasich. Sometime in the future, a lone off-world detective catches up with the missing research ship – the ATROPA. The short sci-fi is inspired by the noir classics of the 70s and 80s. Short film fan? Take advantage of this teleport link and the site will find a random video […]
Sword and planet: A review of Kane of Old Mars
I’ve seen John Carter of Mars but not read any of the Edgar Rice Burroughs stories. I had the famous title in mind as I started to read the most recent re-release by Gollancz of Michael Moorcock’s “Kane of Old Mars”. Wikipedia tells me that the trilogy was first published back in 1965. The original […]
