Monthly Archives: March 2018

I was going to post the usual Song for a Saturday and then follow up with this on Sunday, but as Sunday is not only Easter but April the 1st I decided to not take the risk. For a while … Continue reading →

I read these books during Women in Horror month (February), so naturally I focused on graphic novels with female protagonists. Spider-Woman: Shifting Gears – Baby Talk Written by Dennis Hopeless, illustrated by Javier Rodriguez Back in the day, the character … Continue reading →

Two for the price of one this week. Eli Roth directs a ‘remake’ of a Michael Winner ‘classic’ with Bruce Willis in the Charles Bronson role. What could possibly go wrong? This looks more like it.

Now this is embarrassing. I found a handwritten copy of this review among my papers, but can’t find any record of where and when it appeared in print (the book is from 1997), and possibly it was never published. So, … Continue reading →

Aren’t we all?

A review that originally appeared in Dream #29:- CLIFFORD D. SIMAK – Our Children’s Children (Mandarin pb, 186pp, £3.99) With a unique blend of rustic simplicity, human warmth, and genuine compassion, Clifford D. Simak carved out his own special niche within science … Continue reading →

Cinema celebrates the medium that will replace it, and so I suspect that there is an agenda and things will end badly.

A review that originally appeared in Dream #27, one that it pained me to write and more so to read now (I doubt I’d be so sniffy if I read the book again, but it’s not something I’m willing to … Continue reading →

Title track of the 11th album.

Final review of the three that appeared in Dream #26 back in 1990:- LIGOTTI, THOMAS – Songs of a Dead Dreamer (Robinson tpb, 275pp, £5.99) For a number of years now the work of Thomas Ligotti has been appearing in such Small … Continue reading →