Entry #5 in The Murderbot Diaries was both a great continuation and a good departure from the previous stories. A common gripe I had with the previous four tales was that they left me wanting more, as...

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Reading through the Children of series, each time I think Tchaikovsky has reached the limit of his universe's creative depths, a new drop-off is revealed, and I get to plunge into new, unfathomable de...

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Overall, the film is a great example of cinematic magic; the plot is heartfelt, full of humanity, and emotionally captivating; the visuals are stunning and largely practical to boot; and the worldbuil...

Book two in Ken Macleod’s Lightspeed trilogy, Beyond the Reach of Earth, was an interesting albeit mixed read, much like its predecessor. It picks up where the first entry in the series left off, and ...

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Whilst it may be the odd one out of the Old Man’s War series, The Sagan Diary is still a well-written, interesting, and engaging piece of fiction. It won’t be to everyone’s liking, but if you’ve made ...

When I read Old Man’s War, I was hooked, not only by the world-building and the characters but also by the technology and the ideas that the story oh so fantastically played with. As I finished readin...

We are back for season 3 of Impact Winter, and wow, did I enjoy this installment! The series continues to deliver quality entertainment, through the talent of its voice cast, the imagination of its au...

Martha Wells's award-winning 'The Murderbot Diaries' is getting a snarky adaptation with Alexander Skarsgård at the helm this spring.

The Ark was an interesting story, and its sequel, The Prison, is an intriguing tale in its own right. The protagonist trio, Alissa, Shem and Ham, have all made it onto the Ark, which has left the sola...

Impact Winter is back for season 2, and whilst I wasn’t as taken with this second instalment, I still enjoyed returning to this unique take on vampires and apocalypse!

It’s always nice to see new IPs appearing on our screens and sci-fi TV shows are no different. Scavengers Reign is a perfect example of something new, something different, and wow – is this show a lot...

When Old Man’s War was recommended to me by my uncle & cousin, the premise immediately sounded interesting. After I’d read the blurb, I definitely wanted to read more, and I was hooked after the openi...

In many ways, the changes actually make the standard and director’s cuts feel like different films – and the names given to each part of Rebel Moon reflect this: Part One went from A Child of Fire to ...

There are three tie-in novels for Mass Effect Andromeda, so naturally, I started with the third and final entry into that trilogy of stories. If you’ve read my Thoughts on the Lore of Mass Effect blog...

The beauty of storytelling is that there are so many ways to tell stories – books, obviously, but also orally, visually, and interactively. The Mass Effect series of games has been a favourite of mi...

I interviewed Dewi Hargreaves about his freelance work making maps for fantasy books, working at an independent press, and much more.

Story number four in The Murderbot Diaries, Exit Strategy sticks to the series formula of being short and focused, delivering another quick and entertaining entry in the Murderbot’s adventures. The ...

This Is How You Lose the Time War is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. It’s a novella, written in an epistolary style, which a) was a term I wasn’t familiar with beforehand (epistolary mean...