Monthly Archives: July 2021

We’ll end the Floyd tribute with this, my favourite song of theirs. Back in the 1980s I went to see Floyd perform at Wembley Stadium, and the next day I was wandering around Norwich and came upon a group of … Continue reading →

Two for the price of one today, with films that look very different in tone.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #34:- WHITE & OTHER TALES OF RUIN Tim Lebbon Night Shade Books pb, 342pp, $15 This new collection brings together six novellas by Lebbon, a writer who cut his teeth in … Continue reading →

From The Dark Side of the Moon.

Latest from M. Night Shyamalan.

A review that probably appeared in The Third Alternative #37 (my records aren’t entirely clear):- THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR 14: STEPHEN JONES, EDITOR Robinson pb, 590pp, £7.99 Twenty stories make the cut in this latest annual volume … Continue reading →

Have to include this one in any Floyd retrospective.

Once the genie is out of the bottle…

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #24:- FOURSIGHT Edited by Peter Crowther Victor Gollancz hb, 216pp, £16.99 Falling in that no man’s land between the short story and the novel, novellas are, by reputation, notoriously difficult to … Continue reading →

Another track from Meddle, and I have a feeling I saw this rendition when I went to see Floyd in concert at Wembley back in the day.