Category "Reviews"

Book Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Book Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Author: Neil Gaiman Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: William Morrow ISBN-10: 0062255657 ISBN-13: 978-0062255655 Synopsis: The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a novel about memory and magic and survival, about the power of stories and the darkness inside each of us. It began for our narrator [...]

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Book Review: Collider

Book Review: Collider

Author: Christopher Hejmanowski Paperback: 334 pages Publisher: Fischer Press ISBN-10: 0985718005 ISBN-13: 978-0985718008 Synopsis: Collider is the award-winner in the Fiction: Science Fiction category of the 2013 International Book Awards. Particle physicist, Dr. Fin Canty, is on a quest to find proof of the "god particle", [...]

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Book Review: The Resurrectionist

Book Review: The Resurrectionist

Author: E. B. Hudspeth Paperback: 192 pages Publisher: Quirk Books ISBN-10: 1594746168 ISBN-13: 978-1594746161 Synopsis: Philadelphia, the late 1870s. A city of gas lamps, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages—and home to the controversial surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a grave robber, young Dr. Black [...]

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Book Review: Joyland

Book Review: Joyland

Author: Stephen King Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Hard Case Crime ISBN-10: 1781162646 ISBN-13: 978-1781162644 Synopsis: Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts [...]

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Blu-ray Review: Mad Max Trilogy

Blu-ray Review: Mad Max Trilogy

Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller Directors: George Miller (for Mad Max, The Road Warrior); George Miller and George Oglivie (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome) Writers: James McClausland (Mad Max); Terry Hayes, George Miller and Brian Hannant (The Road Warrior); Terry Hayes and [...]

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DVD Review: Ring of Fire

DVD Review: Ring of Fire

Genre: TV Mini-Series - Drama Director: Paul Shapiro Writer: Michael Vickerman MPAA Rating: Not Rated Run Time: 176 minutes Summary: The earth rocks in the explosive heart-pounding miniseries, Ring of Fire, erupting on DVD June 11 from Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment and Sonar Entertainment. The action-packed disaster [...]

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TV Review: In the Flesh, Parts 1-3

TV Review: In the Flesh, Parts 1-3

Genre: Sci-Fi | Drama Air Date/Time: Thursday-Saturday, June 6-8, 10/9c (three episodes), with a block rebroadcast Sunday afternoon, June 9 at 2/1c Network: BBC America Creator/Writer: Dominic Mitchell Director: Jonny Campbell Synopsis: BBC AMERICA’s co-production, In The Flesh, tells a very human story…about the undead. The mini-series [...]

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Book Review: Terry Nation – The Man Who Invented the Daleks

Book Review: Terry Nation – The Man Who Invented the Daleks

Author: Alwyn W. Turner Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd; Reprint edition (April 1, 2013) ISBN-10: 1781310416 ISBN-13: 978-1781310410 Synopsis: The Daleks are one of the most iconic and fearsome creations in television history. Since their first appearance in 1963, they have simultaneously fascinated and [...]

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Book Review: The Simon and Kirby Library – Science Fiction

Book Review: The Simon and Kirby Library – Science Fiction

Author: Joe Simon Illustrator: Jack Kirby Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Titan Books ISBN-10: 1848569610 ISBN-13: 978-1848569614 Synopsis: The Simon and Kirby Library: Science Fiction spans more than 20 years, beginning with the first stories Joe Simon and Jack Kirby ever produced together (beginning in June 1940)--their ten-issue [...]

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Book Review: The Art of Dead Space

Book Review: The Art of Dead Space

Author: Martin Robinson Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Titan Books ISBN-10: 1781164266 ISBN-13: 978-1781164266 Synopsis: The Art of Dead Space is the ultimate gallery of the Dead Space universe, with over 300 images including sketches and concept art by acclaimed artists from breathtaking spacescapes to terrifying necromorphs, [...]

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Book Review: Fringe: The Zodiac Paradox

Book Review: Fringe: The Zodiac Paradox

Author: Christa Faust Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Titan Books ISBN-10: 178116309X ISBN-13: 978-1781163092 Synopsis: Fringe - The Zodiac Paradox In 1974, University students Walter Bishop and William Bell test an exotic chemical compound, attempting to link their subconscious minds. The result is beyond all expectations—a rip in [...]

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