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Review of ‘Dune’ by Frank Herbert

11/05/2025 nsford Leave a comment

First published in 1965, Dune is an influential sci-fi novel which I struggled with a little when I read it…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Frank Herbert, reading, reviews, science fiction

Film of the book: ‘A.I. Artificial Intelligence’ (2001)

09/04/2025 nsford 5 Comments

This is one of my favourite films because I find the mixture of dystopia and fairy tale intriguing. The project…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Brian W Aldiss, film, reviews, science fiction

Review of ‘The Wrong Stop’ by Rex Burke

19/03/2025 nsford Leave a comment

What if E.T. went Interrailing around Europe with some beer-guzzling university students? The result might be something like this fun…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, reviews, Rex Burke, science fiction

Review of ‘The Restaurant at the End of the Universe’ by Douglas Adams

27/02/2025 nsford Leave a comment

I enjoy re-reading this series, although none of the sequels have quite the same impact and entertainment value as The…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Douglas Adams, reviews, science fiction

Film of the book: ‘Color Out of Space’ (2019)

09/12/2024 nsford Leave a comment

Adapted from the classic H P Lovecraft story, this film is suitably weird and is in some ways similar to…

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Posted in: Film & TV, Reading Filed under: books, films, H P Lovecraft, horror, reviews, science fiction

Review of ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey

17/11/2024 nsford 2 Comments

This science fiction novel won the Booker Prize! Some people say it’s not SF but in my opinion a book…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, reviews, Samantha Harvey, science fiction

Review of ‘Third Loch from the Sun’ by Rex Burke

29/10/2024 nsford Leave a comment

A charmingly original sci-fi comedy set on a Scottish island, this novel is quite slow-paced (like island life!) and takes…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, reviews, Rex Burke, science fiction

Film of the book: ‘The Day of the Triffids’ (1962)

10/10/2024 nsford Leave a comment

Entertaining in a b-movie horror kind of way, although not as lurid as the movie poster suggests, this is a…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, films, John Wyndham, reviews, science fiction

Film of the book: ‘Minority Report’ (2002)

09/09/2024 nsford 2 Comments

An action-packed and entertainingly silly movie based on a long short story ‘The Minority Report’ by Philip K Dick which…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: books, films, Philip K Dick, reviews, science fiction

Review of ‘The Colour Out of Space’ by H P Lovecraft

06/09/2024 nsford Leave a comment

This classic sci-fi horror story was first published in Amazing Stories magazine, 1927. I’ve read it a few times now…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, classics, H P Lovecraft, horror, reviews, science fiction, short stories

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