Books I Didn't Review: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin When I began reading A Game of Thrones a couple of years or so back, I had already watched the first TV series on DVD. I loved it! It's a great story, a kind of blend of historical fiction and fantasy that really …
Category: Science fiction and fantasy
Of Elves and Men
The Children of Hurin by JRR Tolkein ' "You say it," said Morgoth. "I am the Elder King .... The shadow of my purpose lies upon Arda, and all that is in it slowly and surely to my will." ' The story of Hurin's children dates from around 1920 - or earlier - long before …
'Do you want to come in?'
I sometimes wonder why Hollywood has to go one better than Europe when it comes to adapting novels for the screen. Last week, my curiosity got the better of me and I decided to buy the Bluray disc of the Hammer film Let Me In. For the benefit of anyone who doesn't know it, Let …
My body is not my own!
Female 22 by David Hulett Wilson A Review What would it be like to live part of your life in a body of the opposite sex? How would you cope with the little everyday details of being a woman, or a man, as the case may be? Not only would the anatomy be strange but …
Britannia Rules
Bad Timing by Nicky Peacock A Review 'With his amazing organisational skills, Lyle had arranged for all the humans in Hope nad Glory to donate a pint of blood a month.' The title of my contribution today is in no way meant to be a political or racial statement! In my wholly unexpected (well, unexpected …
Going Boldly
Asimov and the Foundations of Fantasy Seventy years have passed since Isaac Asimov penned the first of his Foundation stories. Tens of thousands of years in the future, humanity has colonised far beyond the Solar System and established a galaxy-wide empire, dependant for trade and communications on faster-than-light travel. One single planet, Terminus, is beginning …
A Vampire with Heart
Bad Blood by Nicky Peacock A Review ‘Modern vampires don’t believe in anything. They strut around with a new self-worth, declaring themselves to all and sundry. They’ve been brainwashed by TV and books into thinking being a vampire is cool.’ I’m way past my teens and vampire horror is not my usual genre. So, when …
Dreaming the Impossible
‘If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales’ [attributed to Albert Einstein] We live in a universe of wonders and possibilities. The ancients looked up into the night sky and saw bright lights formed into the shapes of …
Happy New Year!
I do hope you all had a pleasant Christmas holiday! I haven't been thinking too much about blogging over the past few days, being pretty much occupied with launching my new book, It's a Fantasy World!, which is out on Amazon now. ** However, I have been reading some detective stories (three in all in …
Only a Matter of Time
The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov The possibility that we might visit our planet's history - and maybe influence it - is the most tantalising of all fantasies. Perhaps, instead, we might travel into the future and, as observers, discover whether our descendants are still reading books, or watching films. What new mythologies can …
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