Monthly Archives: August 2020

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #23:- DENIAL Peter James Orion pb, 498pp. £5.99 Forgotten movie star Gloria Lamark commits suicide when forced to confront the reality of her fading beauty and lost career. Her son Thomas, a mummy’s … Continue reading →

Two reviews that originally appeared on the Case Notes blog at ttapress.com on the 15th of August last year:- Having reviewed a collection of short stories by Rosalie Parker earlier this week, today I’ll review a novel and a novella … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #25:- FOREVER FREE Joe Haldeman Gollancz hb, 277pp, £16,99 Twenty-five years after the publication of his award winning novel The Forever War Haldeman returns to the scene of the crime. William Mandela, Marygay and … Continue reading →

What’s your favourite Suzanne Vega song? This is mine:-

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #23:- FREEZER BURN Joe R Lansdale Victor Gollancz pb, 245pp, £9.99 The death of his mother plunges Bill Roberts into financial crisis. He keeps the body ‘freeze dried’ in her bedroom, but can’t … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared on the Case Notes blog at ttapress.com on the 5th of August last year:- Throughout their eight year existence Egaeus Press have enthusiastically pursued the terms of their mission statement – “to publish morbid, decadent … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #21:- THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS Gene Wolfe Millennium pb, 252pp, £6.99 Wolfe’s second book, originally published in 1972 and now reissued as part of the SF Masterworks series, marked a quantum leap … Continue reading →

Once upon a time we had Song for a Saturday, but now, to borrow a buzz phrase from the media, for the new normal we have the Tuesday Tune. And we start with Suzanne Vega singing acapella.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #24:- VIENNA BLOOD Adrian Mathews Vintage pb, 312pp, £6.99 It’s 2026 in Vienna and newspaper columnist Sharkey goes on a drunken spree with Leo, a man he meets by accident, or so it … Continue reading →