Author: T.O. Munro
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A Book and a Film: The Man Who Fell to Earth
I can’t remember exactly when I first saw the film of The Man Who Fell to Earth – back in the 1980s, I guess, when TV channels ... -
Godblind by Anna Stephens
Anna Stephens’ Godblind features a cast of GRRMartin-ian proportions, though I leave it to the reader to discover if they are as vulnerable to the winds ... -
The Night Lies Bleeding by M.D. Lachlan
In its opening, The Night Lies Bleeding reminded me of The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan. We meet Endamon Craw looking out over the London blitz ... -
10 Reasons Doctor Who is the Most Inspired Science Fiction Series Ever
Don’t get me wrong; I like Star Wars and Star Trek, loved Blake’s 7, and enjoyed Battlestar Galactica. I think all those series have many brilliant ... -
Lost Lore: A Fantasy Anthology
My fondness for anthologies dates back to my early reading days when first “The Ten Tales of Shellover” and then a translation of the Dutch classic ... -
Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence
2017 ended for me as it began: with an ARC of the latest Mark Lawrence masterpiece – neatly bookending an epic year. Last January I met ... -
Two Films & a Book: Blade Runner (1982; 2017) & Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Having recently seen Blade Runner 2049, I finally got around to reading Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? on which the original Ridley Scott Blade ... -
The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
The first thing I noticed about The Thousand Names – after the distinctive cover – was the map. Now, it’s a fairly simple map, but I ... -
The Seven by Peter Newman
Seven is a magical number. Indeed, a 2014 survey found that seven is the world’s favourite number. Perhaps that is why the world of film and books has ... -
The Malice by Peter Newman
Peter Newman has followed up his remarkable debut The Vagrant with another exceptional tale: The Malice. In The Vagrant, Newman flouted convention with a present tense story of a protagonist ...
