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Book Review – The Unnoticeables by Robert Brockway

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Michelle Herbert reviews The Unnoticeables by Robert Brockway… The Unnoticeables is a story told from three different perspectives that all link together to make an action packed whole. This delves from the grime of New York in the 70’s where Punk was reigning supreme to the sanitised world of L.A. in 2013. What follows has […]

J.K. Rowling: “Never say never” on eighth Harry Potter book

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With J.K. Rowling currently busy on the screenplay for Warner Bros.’ upcoming Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the author appeared on Today, where she was asked by host Matt Lauer whether there’s any chance of an eighth book in the main Harry Potter series. “I have always said never say […]

Terry Pratchett’s final Discworld novel The Shepherd’s Crown to be published in September

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Following the sad passing of the beloved British author Terry Pratchett last month, publishers Penguin Random House has announced that the final Discworld novel The Shepherd’s Crown is set to hit shelves this September. “It is a huge privilege to be publishing Sir Terry Pratchett’s final Discworld novel, The Shepherd’s Crown.,” said Penguin Random House […]

It’s a Trap: Why ‘The First Gay Star Wars Character’ is a war on common sense

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Anghus Houvouras on why ‘the first gay Star Wars character’ is a war on common sense… I never thought much about sex while watching Star Wars. Sure, like many men my age I felt certain stirrings seeing Princess Leia in her slave girl ensemble, barely able to understand what was happening in the deepest recesses […]

Book Review – Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium

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Villordsutch reviews Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium… Let me start by being quite frank, I hated the Commodore Amiga!  Not the best way to start a review of a book about the life of the Commodore Amiga I’ll admit, but this deep-rooted hatred is truthfully fairly unwarranted. My dislike for the Amiga comes from me never […]

Book Review – The Glorious Angels by Justina Robson

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Michelle Herbert reviews The Glorious Angels by Justina Robson… The Glorious Angels is a compellingly complex novel that shifts between many different character perspectives; it feels like a flower slowly opening its petals before you get a clearer understanding of the way this world works. From the first chapter you are thrown immediately into the […]

Harper Lee to publish To Kill a Mockingbird sequel Go Set a Watchman

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Well, here’s a shocker. Some 55 years after the publication of her Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Harper Lee is set to release her second novel, a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird entitled Go Set a Watchman. “In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called Go Set a Watchman,’” said Lee in a statement released today. […]