The author’s background serves the reader well as he manages to bring some truth to the fiction and make the procedural elements seem spot on – whilst also managing to entertain and provide many lovely little twists and turns, not only with the cases as they unfold but with the personalit...
I like to find new crime fiction that has a different spin to put on things – what James Hazel does here is give you all the elements of a decent crime thriller with added oomph. Charlie Priest really is no ordinary lawyer – I’ll let you find out why for yourselves – but it add...
one of the science fiction common uses of the Church is as a governmental structure in post-apocalyptic fiction. Once the world has been destroyed, governments fall and alternate structures take its place. When the western United States is mentioned, that usually means a casual...
I'd like to ghost-write Liz Phair's novel. But I don't really know about that. It seems like a dignified thing to segue into as I approach the other side of 45. My hands are just full right now. There's the potential to try to write some kind of biography of Pavement - sort ...
BBC bosses have interviewed 10 women to replaceon 'The One Show'. Network executives are reportedly hosting 'X Factor' style auditions as they desperately find a new presenter to co-host the early-evening show alongside. The producers plan to interview even more women, and are thought to be...
(10)WILLIAM A. JOHNSON (1956-2022.)Writing as Bill Johnson, he won a Hugo Award in 1998 for his novella, “We Will Drink a Fish Together” which was also a Nebula nominee. His stories were published inThe Year’s Best Science Fictionseveral times. The family obituary ishere. ...
sHugo—honor the expressive power of the fantastic on film. Accompanying his selections are a rare screening of his own experimental science-fiction featuretteThe Orchidand Fred Barney Taylor’s effervescent portrait of the author,The Polymath, or The Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentle...
Although Bell is quite severe and tough, she does have moments of self-deprecation and humour, getting lost, losing her passport, tolerating her alcholic cook for too long and the likes. You also feel her genuine enthusiasm for the sites she sees, always being careful to mention when she ...
death, he’s healed by Liz and promises to keep her alive if she comes with him. His animosity for her, when he assumes she is still Carreon’s willing lover, shifts quickly as his desire for her grows. He needs her, he wants her, and he’ll have her whether she likes it or ...
Chiayi in southern Taiwan, raging against the stupidity of the not-clever-enough ape– and campaigning to get cli-fi firmly established in the lexicon, pausing only when a typhoon blows in and scuppers his connection. He thinks we are doomed, and likes to quote the environmentalists’ joke:...