Books

May 172013
 
REVIEW:  'John Dies at the End' (cert TBC)

Does Don Coscarelli’s horror-comedy live up to the high praise of io9, who called it “this generation’s Big Trouble in Little China“?  And does it do justice to the original novel by David Wong, a modern cult classic which combines elements of surreal humour, cosmic creepiness and fast-paced action to near-perfect effect?  Your humble Geekzine […]

Apr 212013
 
The Mythic Man of Steel:  Pitfalls of adapting Superman for the big screen

This year Superman turns 75, and what better way to celebrate than with the release of a new movie adaptation of his heroic exploits?  The lukewarm critical and commercial reception which greeted Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns in 2006 caused many to question whether another attempt would ever be made to bring the character back to […]

Apr 022013
 
Gone Again by Doug Johnstone

Doug ‘Troubadour’ Johnstone is an author on the rise. You may know his name from his novels Hit & Run, Smokeheads, The Ossians, or even his debut Tombstoning. Or perhaps from his journalistic work for the Big Issue or The List. Gone Again is his latest hit novel, published by Faber & Faber in trade […]

Apr 022013
 
REVIEW:  'Nemo: Heart of Ice' by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill

After the explosive and emotional climax of the third volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, creators Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill might have been expected to take a break from the elaborate work of crossover fiction they’ve been weaving for the last fourteen years.  But it seems that continuing to explore the storytelling possibilities […]

Mar 182013
 
REVIEW:  'Batman Incorporated: Vol 1' by Grant Morrison et al.

The second collected volume of Grant Morrison’s Batman Incorporated is due be released in May, and will also rather confusingly be titled “Volume 1”.  The reason for this sequential anomaly is DC’s new shift in company-wide continuity, dubbed “The New 52”.  As far as the company is concerned, all series set in the main DC […]

Mar 062013
 
Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyre

  Bedlam is the latest novel from Christopher Brookmyre, who you may know for his delicious, dark, funny crime writing, or his gothic horror / Doom 3 re-enactment ‘Pandaemonium’. I’m going to get right to the point: as somebody who has played more than enough computer games in his time, I can’t recommend this enough. […]