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Book Review – Relics by Tim Lebbon

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Michelle Herbert reviews Relics by Tim Lebbon… Relics is one of those books that you’re not really sure what to expect from, at the start we are introduced to Angela, who is being interrogated by the police. We are not told why she has been arrested or why they believe she is involved in a […]

How do video game movies get made?

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It’s been a question on the mind of video game fans around the world for many years: why are most video game movies the way they are? Well a new book titled Lights, Camera, GAME OVER!: How Video Game Movies Get Made from Flickering Myth’s Luke Owen looks behind the scenes of some of the […]

George R.R. Martin thinks we might get one or two new Westeros books in 2018

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If you were hoping to see The Winds of Winter, the latest chapter of George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy saga A Song of Ice And Fire, hitting bookstores this year, then the author has some bad news for you in his LiveJournal, revealing that he’s still “months away” from completing the novel, but expects to […]

Book Review – Star Wars Battlefront II: Inferno Squad by Christie Golden

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars Battlefront II: Inferno Squad… With Star Wars Battlefront II hitting consoles this fall, Christie Golden introduces fans to Inferno Squad, a highly trained special ops group sent on difficult assignments to thwart rebels and protect the Empire’s secrets. Golden writes a compelling story with interesting characters and doesn’t deliver the […]

Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi books revealed at Comic-Con

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Yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con, Lucasfilm announced a host of new Star Wars books, novels, activity books and more set for release this year as part of the Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi publishing initiative. We’ve posted a selection of the covers below, and head on over to the official Star Wars site […]

Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe arriving in October from BBC Books

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Arriving in October 2017 from BBC Books is Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe, which has been co-written by Cavan Scott, George Mann and Justin Richards. This book is full of Dalek lore, new short stories from writers including Terrance Dicks and Paul Magrs, comic strips from Cavan Scott, […]

Book Review – Prince Lestat and The Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice

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Martin Carr reviews Prince Lestat and The Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice… This is a sprawling universe which might seem overwhelming for the unprepared but have heart. Prince Lestat and The Realms of Atlantis comes with everything necessary to enjoy it without prior knowledge. As Anne Rice has been writing these books since 1978 […]

Boom! announces Big Trouble in Little China: Big Trouble in Merrie Olde England

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Boom! Studios has announced that Jack Burton will be heading across the Pond this December with the release of Big Trouble in Little China Illustrated Novel: Big Trouble in Merrie Olde England from writer Matthew J. Elliott (Big Trouble in Little China Illustrated Novel: Big Trouble in Mother Russia) and illustrator Jonas Scharf (War for the Planet […]

Book Review – Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

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Michelle Herbert reviews Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman… Eleanor Oliphant is Gail Honeyman’s debut novel and it is a powerful and astounding novel. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first started reading the story but soon found that I couldn’t put it down. There were so many layers to the […]