BOOK SYNOPSIS (via Goodreads): Being Astrid Krieger is absolutely all it’s cracked up to be. She lives in a rocket ship in the backyard of her parents’ estate. She was kicked out of the elite Bristol Academy and she’s intent on her own special kind of revenge to whomever Continue Reading
“I’ll have a zombie with that”: The pop culture mainstreaming of sci-fi and fantasy
I was thrilled to be asked to guest post on an amazing site called inclassicstyle.com and naturally the topic was television in some form. In this re-post of my article, I wax lyrical about my history of watching TV before moving onto an examination of the way in which sci-fi Continue Reading
Now this is music #4: My 5 favourite songs of the week
Turn up your amps! Strum those guitars. Make love to your synths like Duran Duran. Or just listen. Yes, listening will work too. Here are the five songs that have enthralled, seduced and made love like an over eager Chihuahua to my ears (hmm perhaps I should rethink that Continue Reading
“The Walking Dead”: episode 16 ‘Welcome to the Tombs’ (review)
Two weeks, two glaringly different life philosophies borne of the zombie apocalypse. In last week’s penultimate episode, Rick affirmed to his beleaguered group that “we are the greater good”, invoking a sense of The Three Musketeers‘ mantra, “all for one, one for all,” and recanting his season 2 ending declaration Continue Reading
“Dr Who”: ‘Bells of Saint John’ (review)
“The Bells of Saint John”, which marks the return of the modern incarnation of Dr Who‘s seventh season, was for the most part a triumph for the franchise which is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary this year. Effectively acting as a season opener after a reasonably lengthy hiatus (save for Continue Reading
Get ready to slip right “Under the Dome” (teaser trailer)
I am still not entirely sure I like teaser trailers. On the one hand they give you a tantalisingly brief look at an eagerly anticipated show. While on the other … well, they give you a tantalisingly brief look at an eagerly anticipated show. A double-edged promotional sword if Continue Reading
Domo arigato “Pacific Rim” robotos (5 amazing robot posters)
MOVIE SYNOPSIS When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which Continue Reading
Book review: Great North Road by Peter F Hamilton
* this post first appeared on writingbar.com Diving headlong into one of Peter F Hamilton’s science fiction novels, with their fully-complete worlds, richly-detailed cultures, and authentically-believable characters is so all-encompassing that it’s as if you’re there in person experiencing it all firsthand. Which is quite an achievement since Hamilton, who Continue Reading
Attack of the season 7 “Dr Who” posters!
And he’s racing! Barely pausing for breath, everyone’s favourite Doctor is off and running, or rather riding – on a motorbike no less – with new companion Clare in tow, all across modern London in a desperate race to save mankind from yet another menacing enemy. In “The Bells Continue Reading
“The Walking Dead”: episode 15 ‘This Sorrowful Life’ (review)
*warning: contains spoilers* The Walking Dead has always been, at its heart, a confronting morality play that forces us to consider, week after harrowing week, what we would do in the face of an apocalyptic terror both unending and seemingly unconquerable. Would we resort to a survival-of-the-fittest mentality, tossing Continue Reading