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IDW adapting James Sallis’ Drive as a four-part miniseries

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IDW Publishing has announced that it is set to hit the sun-bleached streets of L.A. this summer with a comic book adaption of James Sallis’ modern noir classic Drive, which served as the inspiration for director Nicholas Winding Refn’s acclaimed film starring Ryan Gosling. The four part comic book series will be adapted by writer […]

Lucasfilm announces Star Wars: Inferno Squad, will pick up after Rogue One

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Lucasfilm has announced the upcoming release of Star Wars: Inferno Squad, a new book from Christie Golden (Star Wars: Dark Disciple), which is set to pick up after the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and will follow an elite team of Imperials tasked with tracking down and eliminating the remaining members of […]

Heat prequel novel coming from Michael Mann and author Reed Farrel Coleman

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From Michael Mann’s long career as a director, one of the films people point to as his best work is the 1995 crime thriller Heat, pairing the iconic Robert De Niro and Al Pacino together for the first time ever. Per Deadline, Mann has partnered with author Reed Farrel Coleman to create a prequel novel of […]

Book Review – Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers by Andrew Hewson

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Villordsutch reviews Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers by Andrew Hewson… For anybody who lived through the home computing boom of the 1980’s if you glimpsed Hewson Consultants on the front of one of your games it meant two things: 1) Here was a fantastic, well made game which was going to keep you engaged […]

Book Review – The Night Mayor by Kim Newman

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Michelle Herbert reviews The Night Mayor by Kim Newman… The Night Mayor is set in a future reality, where films (known as flatties) are no longer watched on screens; instead people immerse themselves in Dreams where using virtual reality technology the viewer enters a Dream and becomes the main character following the storyline that has […]

Book Review – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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Ricky Church reviews Harry Potter and the Cursed Child… Undoubtedly one of the biggest franchises ever made, Harry Potter has captivated audiences worldwide with its magical world, memorable characters and important themes. This year has been an interesting one for the franchise since it has resurged in mainstream popularity with the upcoming release of the […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Aftermath – Life Debt

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Aftermath – Life Debt… Though Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released months ago, there are still some burning questions left regarding the 30-year gap between the Star Wars trilogies. We’ve slowly been getting more answers about some of these events with books like Bloodline or the Poe Dameron comic and […]

Book Review – Night Without Stars by Peter F. Hamilton

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Michelle Herbert reviews Night Without Stars by Peter F. Hamilton… Night Without Stars is the sequel to Peter F. Hamilton’s The Abyss Beyond Dreams, you will need to have read that before you start reading Night Without Stars. My review of The Abyss Beyond Dreams can be found here. It can sometimes feel disconcerting to start […]

Book Review – The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter

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Tony Black reviews The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter… The final chapter in The Long Earth series, The Long Cosmos shall resonate in memory for being perhaps the final piece of published writing from the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett, who sadly died in 2015. The series, co-authored with hard science writer Stephen […]