WyrmeWeald: Bloodhoney by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Doubleday, HB, £14.99 – OUT NOW) The second book in this trilogy, and the follow-up to 2010’s WyrmeWeald: Returner’s Wealth, Bloodhoney is, in short, an astounding achievement. When you consider that the market for this series is the lucrative Young Adult / Teen sector, it is […]
Hmm, will we ever see this game released? The Lost Guardian A single white feather floats in the darkness and alights next to a round stone structure which appears to be a well with a rusted chain disappearing into its depths. A blackbird lands on the structure, dwarfed by the seemingly huge white feather, […]
John Carter (12A) Released in the UK 9th March 2012 Running time: 132 mins approx. John Carter is not a science fiction film; it’s important to keep this in mind. The book upon which it is based, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars, is not a work of science fiction either. Indeed, any attempt […]
Dan Abnett is an author whose name is synonymous with Science-Fiction and future war – be it 2000AD, Gaunt’s Ghosts, the Horus Heresy, Eisenhorn, Ravenor, Doctor Who, Torchwood… And he keeps going. His most recent book is Know No Fear (out now from the Black Library in paperback, £7.99), the nineteenth book in the ongoing […]
Discworld: Anhk-Morpork – the Board Game (available from most book shops, price varies) “Welcome to Ankh-Morpork, the largest, smelliest, and most ‘interesting’ city on Discworld. The city’s patrician, Lord Vetinari, has disappeared, and the citizens are calling out for firm leadership. Will one of the noble families take control of the city, or will the people welcome the […]
Guy Pearce as the enigmatic Peter Weyland. What exactly is he up to? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUxdAWrsag8 and www.weylandindustries.com With the Summer blockbuster season fast approaching, the latest piece of Hollywood viral marketing to light up the blogs and social networks of the great webtropolis is this 3-minute video, which acts as a teaser of […]