Under Judgement: The Case of Dredd 3D vs. Judge Dredd Pitting the recent Dredd 3D against the 90s flop Judge Dredd seems unfair, like allowing an F-22 Raptor to go into battle against a Sopwith Camel. One is a high-tech, modern creation with generations of technological development over its rival. The other is made up […]
Chris Priestley is the exceptionally talented author of Tales of Terror books (Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror, Tales of Terror from the Black Ship, Tales of Terror from the Tunnel’s Mouth and the 2011 World Book Day special, The Teacher’s Tales of Terror), and of the superb wintry chiller, The Dead of Winter. His most […]
The R-Patz Factz is – as the name suggests – a book of facts about the actor Robert Pattinson, he of Twilight, Harry Potter and Cosmopolis fame. The thing is, none of these ‘facts’ are actually true (as far as we know). This is because the book is in fact a work of parody, and […]
American Fantasy author Brent Weeks will be appearing at Waterstone’s Edinburgh West End on Tuesday 2nd October at 6pm, to read from and discuss, and of course sign copies of, his new book, The Blinding Knife. The Blinding Knife is the second book in the Lightbringer series, following on from 2011’s The Black Prism, featuring […]
Across 17 days in August, approximately 225,000 people visited this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival in Charlotte Square Gardens – a massive number by any reckoning. Such popularity is perhaps not a surprise; with a programme which featured hundreds of authors, EIBF 2012 really did have something for everyone. But how was the geek community […]
The Hydrogen Sonata, the new Culture novel by Iain M. Banks, is out in early October. He is one of the world’s foremost science-fiction writers as well as a prominent fiction writer (as Iain Banks). Mr Banks took time out from his busy schedule to answer my questions…. Andy Jamieson: What inspired your new […]