There is often a stigma attached to early works of science fiction (SF). They are often stereotyped as being poorly written and filled with bad science and bug-eyed monsters. While true for some works this ...
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Noted author Iain Banks has died aged 59. In a message released on Sunday, June 9, his wife said: “Iain died in the early hours this morning. His death was calm and without pain.”
Born in ...
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I am an avid follower of many webcomics – both of those with standalone strips and those with longer running storylines. I have, however, found that for the most part, apart from the means of ...
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Solaris Rising
Ian Whates (ed.)
Rebelion Publishing
£7.99
The 2011 anthology Solaris Rising was one of the finest collections of SF in recent years and a welcome return to the anthology game by the ...
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Coming in at 114 pages long, Siddhartha is by far the easiest book to read by a Nobel Prize winning author. The guy I borrowed my copy off managed to ...
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Freud was the first to identify the dualistic principle of Love and Death, personified in the Greek gods Eros and Thanatos, as a key component of the human psyche. In ...
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Random House, one of the ‘big six’ English language publishers, has launched a set of new digital-only imprints. Hydra will publish science fiction, fantasy and horror; Alibi will publish mystery ...
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The City and the City
China Miéville
One of Miéville’s more recent works follows Inspector Tyador Borlu as he investigates a murder in the city of Beszel. Eventually his investigation leads him to Ul Qoma – a separate city that somehow occupies the same site as Beszel. This is a highly acclaimed novel, having won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Clarke and the ...
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