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Since I bought the game on its launch day on the 11th of November a lot of things have tried to get in the way of me playing Skyrim. I have started a new job, had a baby son to go with my 2 ½ year old daughter, done the Christmas thing and even moved […]
Embedded by Dan Abnett (published by Angry Robot, PB, 2012 *OUT NOW* £7.99) This is the author’s second novel for indie genre publisher Angry Robot, following on from the lauded alternate history swashbuckler, Triumff. Embedded is more akin to Abnett’s staple output of future war hijinks produced for Games Workshop’s publishing arm, the Black Library […]
If you live in Edinburgh and have never heard of Transreal Fiction, then consider yourself duly educated, as of right NOW. You are in for a treat. This fantastic bookshop is dedicated to genre fiction – SF, Fantasy, Horror etc. Making it pretty unique amongst Edinburgh bookshops. Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Mike […]
Last month I had the fortune to interview John Higgins, a vastly experienced lighting engineer in the film industry, and his most recently released work has been on the Captain America: The First Avenger movie, as Chief Lighting Director. The look of the movie is beautiful, with a golden-era Hollywood glow to the scenes (the above […]
WATERSTONE’S BOOK QUIZ NIGHT Venue: Waterstone’s Booksellers, 83 George Street, Edinburgh Start time: 6pm, Monday 26th September Event: The Waterstone’s Edinburgh George Street branch plays host to a brain-tingling Book Quiz! Over a sequence of varied rounds test your literary knowledge to win a selection of prizes, including books, vouchers, coffee and wine. Entry to […]
Embassytown by China Miéville (MacMillan, 2011, HB, £17.99, out now) A criticism often levelled at science-fiction novels is that they’re full of great ideas, but short on story-telling. It’s to China Miéville’s credit, then, that no matter how outlandish the worlds, cultures and artifacts he creates in his books, they always seem to occupy a […]