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HOBBIT

Tolkien and His Minor Works at Trento Congress

In my recent correspondence with AIST, Associazione Italiana Studi Tolkieniani, Alberto Ladavas communicated the following: “The time has come. Everything is ready and all the

FANTASY

PRIYA'S SHAKTI: Comics, Justice and the Indian Way, Part II

We conclude the second part of the Pryia’s Shakti reportage with DAN GOLDMAN’s interview. Dan is the artist behind Priya’s Shakti. Click here to read

HOBBIT

Talkin' Tolkien in the City of Culture

A Lincolnshire Cosplay Group kindly attended the event, raising money for Cancer Research UK Kingston-Upon-Hull (Hull to it’s friends) may not top many people’s list

SUPERNATURAL

Gunnerkrigg Court and Why You Need It

We need to talk about Gunnerkrigg Court. In 2005 Tom Siddell created what is certainly one of the best web comics out there right now;

SCI-FI

Fight Like A Girl

A brand new anthology of short stories written by and about women in science fiction and fantasy is set to come out in April. Fight

STAR WARS

Star Wars Visions Review (Part 2)

(first part here) 5. The Ninth Jedi Visuals: 8/10 Plot: 8/10 Characters: 7/10 Star Wars feel: 7/10 With The Ninth Jedi, we are fully immersed

DR WHO

Sophie Aldred Interview

At this year’s Manchester MCM Comic Con I had the privilege of interviewing Sophie Aldred, best known as Ace from Doctor Who. We had a

STAR WARS

Knights of Ren: The Neglected Story

Knights of Ren were first mentioned in The Force Awakens. It sounded cool and mysterious… and so it had remained, for most part, until The

FANTASY

Thunderbirds Are Back! Jamie Anderson Interview

Jamie Anderson, son of Gerry Anderson, is trying to get one of his fathers unreleased projects published. Pic James Douglas 26/09/13. Jamie Anderson, son of

SCI-FI

South African SF and Fantasy Literature

The Prisoner – By Robert S Malan, Artwork by John Cockshaw Although not a recent genre in the country, little notice was taken internationally of