Science Fiction and Fantasy Comment and Reviews
This year’s masterpiece of Christmas television has to have been the BBC’s adaptation of Watership Down. Some of you may question my inclusion of a review of this animated drama on a Fantasy and Sci-fi review site, but for me Watership Down contains some of the very best elements of fantasy elements, so bear with... Continue Reading →
Temple of the Dragonslayer by Tim Waggoner is the first book in the New Adventures series of Dragonlance books. I grew up on Dragonlance and absolutely love the stores Weiss and Hickman among others have brought us. My first love were the Chronicles but the War of Souls trilogy was equally great. I haven't read... Continue Reading →
Whilst waiting for the return of Star Trek: Discovery I decided to do a limited re-watch of the last Star Trek series, Enterprise. I was excited by the premise of Enterpise, seeing Earth in a fledgling state following on from First Contact, through the Romulan War and into the founding of the Federation. Sadly the... Continue Reading →
Mission Log is a long running Star Trek podcast ably helmed by Jon Champion and Ken Ray. Starting out as an independent re-watch of Star Trek Jon and Ken added a twist to the usual format of commenting on each episode in sequence. As well as detailing each episodes plot they delve deeply into the... Continue Reading →
Spellslinger is the first in a series of books about a young mage called Kellan, Spellslinger is a fun and refreshing take of the fantasy genre of wizards and mages. Sebastien de Castell has been able to create an unusual and engaging universe to play in with a unique take on how magic works. Magical... Continue Reading →
'Arrival' is a 2016 science fiction film starring Jeremy Renner, Amy Adams and Forest Whitaker directed by Denis Villeneuve. The film is based on a short story by Ted Chaing. 'Arrival' is pitched as a thinking mans first contact film. Sci-fi's usual fare is marauding aliens but this is more thoughtful and focuses on how... Continue Reading →
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan us a sequence of 15 fantasy books set in a late medieval world. The series is epic in its scope. The world Jordan is rich and deep. Its mythology is well developed and well seated into the customs of the people. Jordan's approach to fantasy combines the winding... Continue Reading →
Into the Nebula 