Monthly Archives: September 2020

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #25:- THE PUPPET SHOW Patrick Redmond Hodder & Stoughton pb, 470pp, £10 Michael Turner was an orphan, raised in institutions and foster homes, learning to trust no one, to rely on nothing. Now … Continue reading →

Last song from Springsteen for now.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #24:- THE VINTNER’S LUCK Elizabeth Knox Vintage pb, 241pp, £6.99 The Vintner’s Luck opens in France in 1808 with a young man called Sobran Jodeau, the son of a vintner, stumbling out one morning … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared on the Case Notes blog at ttapress.com on the 17th of September last year:- Irish writer Mervyn Wall (1908 – 1997) had a long and varied career, with plays and mainstream novels and non-fiction all … Continue reading →

Have DC at last got a super hero franchise with legs.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #25:- JUDAS TREE Simon Clark NEL pb, 423pp, £6.99 Simon Clark’s latest novel brings to mind the Shirley Jackson classic The Haunting of Hill House, as regards both style and content. Instead of … Continue reading →

It’s Brucemas tomorrow, so posting this video today definitely counts as a surprise.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #22:- PIXEL JUICE Jeff Noon Corgi pb, 306pp, £6.99 Innovative novels such as Vurt and Pollen have seen Noon applauded as one of the most exciting and original voices in modern SF, an impression that is confirmed … Continue reading →

A review that originally appeared on the Case Notes blog at ttapress.com on the 5th of September last year:- As well as publishing fiction by some of the brightest and best writers currently operating in the genre of the supernatural … Continue reading →

I liked the first two, so looking forward to this baby.