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That would be great but sadly they’re probably both a bit old now. Rege-Jean Page seems a good fit, as I suggested.

Working my way through Tales from Earthsea (the book, not the terrible movie). This thing is fantastic so far.

Just read Crystal Heart, a graphic novel that is basically the collection for the webcomic of the same name, which in turn is all about...

Just finished Cluny Brown by Margery Sharp (she also wrote The Rescuers, on which the Disney film is based, a bit like Dodie Smith and...

Yes, I agree Ogres and Firewalkers (2020) and even Ironclads (2017) handled what sounds like similar themes well. And of course he’s...

I'd blame the pandemic but it was released in 2024, and Ogres, which was released in 2022, much closer to the pandemic, is also much...

I just finished reading King James I of England's 1604 treatise, A Counterblaste to Tobacco, and found it quite entertaining. This is...

The novel is fun, but more character driven than The Martian. Which is a problem, because Weir is a pretty limited writer in that...

I loved the book and I am very curious how they will do it. Ryan Gosling is a great cast for the role IMO.

Long may Benoit Blanc continue to be in films. I’m also looking forward to what Johnson and Peter Dinklage will do with their new TV series.

If only! System Shock is, as fiction, quite superior to this. And System Shock is not exactly amazing, story-wise. Re: SHODAN, The...

Thanks very much. Damn, that is disappointing, and quite unlike Tchaikovsky at his usual level - it almost sounds like he’s writing on...

I must sadly kinda disrecommend Adrian Tchaikovsky's Saturation Point. It's the only book of his I've read that I would say was...

Yeah, it's not a huge thing here in Vancouver but it's a reason for White Spot and other places to offer turkey dinners to cook at home...

Just read Spark, a beautiful fantasy novel by Sarah Beth Durst about the strength of quietness, and also about a girl and her lightning...