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Sep 28, 202313 min read

Book Nook: Agent Lavender, by Tom Black and Jack Tindale

Authors interviewed by David Flin The book that started it all. One of the first books produced by SLP, and an iconic aspect of the...

Sep 27, 20234 min read

The Adventures of Aella the Amazon. Part 3: Season 2.

By Paul Leone. Two Amazons battle two griffins. Bas relief from the British Museum. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Continuing our...

Sep 25, 20234 min read

Book Nook: The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde

Review by Jared Kavanagh Picture courtesy Amazon. The year in 1985. Britain and Russia have been fighting the Crimean War since 1854....

Sep 20, 20234 min read

The Adventures of Aella the Amazon. Part 2: Season One

By Paul Leone. The first Myth of the Week: Plight of the Pegasus. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Reviews of books, films, and...

Sep 14, 202310 min read

Alternate History and Stargate. Part 5

By Tom Anderson Asgard Transporter, Second Life. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. When we last left this series , I had approached the...

Sep 13, 20235 min read

The Adventures of Aella the Amazon. Part 1: Overview.

By Paul Leone This is not how Aella the Amazon normally dresses. Laetitia Casta in civvies. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Reviews...

Sep 4, 20237 min read

60 Years of Dr Who. Part 6: the Sixth Doctor

By Matthew Kresal Another Baker as Doctor Who. Picture courtesy Big Finish Productions. Matthew's previous articles can be found here: 1,...

Aug 31, 20233 min read

Book Nook: My Name is Victoria. Author Lucy Worsley

Reviewed by Matthew Kresal My Name is Victoria, by Lucy Worsley. Not a waste of time. Alternate history and professional historians have...

Aug 28, 202310 min read

Alternate History and Stargate. Part 4

By Tom Anderson What this team needs is a fashion designer. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Last time on this series , we had reached...

Aug 24, 20237 min read

Book Nook: The Flashman Series, by George MacDonald Fraser

Review by David Flin Illustration for George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman. Picture courtesy Gino d'Achille. One of the constant debates...

Aug 18, 202310 min read

Tales from Development Hell: The Bodyguard

By Ryan Fleming Inevitably, it was also made into a Musical. Bodyguards don't normally burst into song. Trust me on that. Picture...

Aug 14, 20235 min read

60 Years of Doctor Who. Part 5: The Fifth Doctor

By Matthew Kresal Following Tom Baker. A tough ask. Picture Courtesy Big Finish Productions. When Tom Baker left Doctor Who after seven...

Aug 11, 202314 min read

An Alternate History of Horror XIV: Paperbacks from Hell

By Ryan Fleming. Frankenstein at work in his laboratory. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Modern horror fiction was born in novels....

Aug 10, 20237 min read

Alternate History and Stargate. Part 2

By Tom Anderson Interest in reviving the franchise? According to Digital Spy, maybe. Picture courtesy Digital Spy. In my previous...

Aug 7, 20238 min read

Comics Part 3: Judge Meant - The Early Unpublished Dredds

By Charles EP Murphy Comic's favourite fascist in an iconic moment. Picture courtesy GamesRadar+. He spent fifteen years in the academy –...

Aug 4, 20238 min read

60 Years of Doctor Who. Part 4: The Fourth Doctor

By Matthew Kresal Harry, Sarah, and Tom Baker. The Iconic Doctor Who. In my opinion. Picture courtesy Big Finish. Ask a Doctor Who fan...

Jul 28, 202314 min read

Alternate History of Horror. Part XIII: Bad Karma

By Ryan Fleming Sales of chainsaws rose after the film. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. As the 1960s became the 1970s, US horror...

Jul 25, 20235 min read

Comic Corner: Captain Britain by Alan Moore and Alan Davis

Towards an Earth that is not Earth. Alternate realities - don't you just love them. Written in the early 1980s, this series, along with...

Jul 24, 20232 min read

Book Nook: Smithtown Unit - an Author Commentary

By Colin Salt I’m calling this an author commentary instead of an author review. I really don’t feel like authors should “review” their...

Jul 17, 202315 min read

Prequel Problems: My Brother's Keeper (Star Trek)

By Tom Anderson Not a red shirt in sight at the completion of construction of the Enterprise. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. In part...

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