Tag Archives: Science Fiction

The Starquest Saga Continues…

Posted on April 15, 2025 by JC

Secret Agents of the Galaxy by John C. Wright, Tuscany Bay Books, March 11th, 2025 In October last year Space Pirates of Andromeda, the first book in John C. Wright’s Starquest series was released. I reviewed this book favourably and … Continue reading →

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Second-Rate Sci-Fi

Posted on March 30, 2025 by JC

In the Black by Patrick S. Tomlinson, Tor Books, October 13th, 2020 I can’t begin this review without at least briefly discussing the author as it was his online antics that led me to seeking out this book in the … Continue reading →

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Book Reviews and Articles

Posted on March 22, 2025 by JC

As I have now written a large number of book reviews, I decided I should collect them together for easy reference. This is similar to what I have done with articles and reviews of video games. This blog originally began … Continue reading →

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Appendix N Review

Posted on January 19, 2025 by JC

APPENDIX N: The Literary History of Dungeons & Dragons by Jeffro Johnson, Castalia House, June 28th, 2017  This is a book that I’ve been meaning to get to for a while though I’m not necessarily the target audience. I have … Continue reading →

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The Grandmaster Returns

Posted on October 17, 2024 by JC

Starquest: Space Pirates Of Andromeda by John C. Wright, Tuscany Bay Books, October 8th, 2024 For an author as prolific as John C. Wright, it has seemed like a very quiet few years. The most recent published books I can … Continue reading →

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Dune: Part Two – The Cinematic Battle for Arrakis

Posted on April 15, 2024 by JC

I favourably reviewed the 2021 Dune film almost a year after its release in theatres and have watched it multiple times since. I certainly thought it was better than the 1984 David Lynch adaptation which was all I could then … Continue reading →

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Outer Space: A Fantasy Wallpaper

Posted on October 9, 2022 by JC

There are a lot of terms of different types of science fiction and fantasy and people can get quite pedantic about these different sub-genres and exactly how to define them. Off the top of my head there is cyberpunk, hard … Continue reading →

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Dune 2021: Half-Way There

Posted on August 20, 2022 by JC

My first knowledge of Frank Herbert’s Dune came from the video game Dune II: Battle for Arrakis which to this date, I have never played. I had only heard of it and that was usually mentioned in conjunction with Westwood … Continue reading →

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All You Need Is Kill

Posted on April 18, 2020 by JC

More and more when I watch films I find myself opting to watch something I’ve already seen. This may be due to my age, my changing interests or something else entirely. But I mostly think it is because films are … Continue reading →

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Hopeful & Hopeless

Posted on March 21, 2020 by JC

I have been meaning to come back to this post for well over a year and the current scare going on (as of writing), has put me in mind to finally finish it. Unfortunately the time between reading these two … Continue reading →

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