In 1962, Universal Pictures announces that they will be making a motion picture adaptation of Harper Lee’s ground-breaking novel of race and intolerance, To Kill a Mockingbird. “Oh no,” protests a self-proclaimed ‘film fan’, recalling Universal’s successful run of horror … Continue reading The ‘D’ Word
Sci-Fi Scarborough is back! And not online either, this time it’s IRL, as the kids say. Or perhaps that should be IRS – In Real Scarborough? The excellent independent sci-fi con has had a rough ride of it over the … Continue reading Sci-Fi Scarborough 2022: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Like most kids who were into Star Wars, I loved Boba Fett in the 1980s. Unlike most kids, it was the sparseness of his big screen appearances that attracted me to him. He’s such a cool character, … Continue reading The Book of Boba Fett: Review
It was a terrible disappointment in 2020 when the annual Sci-Fi Scarborough convention was cancelled due to COVID-19, but we were far enough into lockdown for it to be not entirely unexpected. We hoped and dreamed that by Easter 2021, … Continue reading Sci-Fi Scarborough Online 2021
After the enormous success of Star Wars in 1977, publishers were desperate to cash-in with any kind of spin-off novel that was available and sci-fi author Brian Daley’s trilogy of novels featuring Han Solo and Chewbacca were a big hit. … Continue reading ‘Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu’ by L. Neil Smith: Review
Marvel Comics almost passed on Star Wars. They had history with adapting big sci-fi movies, having adapted both 2001: A Space Odyssey and Logan’s Run, but neither title ran for more than 12 months and both are now better remembered … Continue reading Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years – Volumes 1 & 2: Review
Warning: Contains Spoilers! Many ‘fans’ had judged Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker before they even saw a second of footage. As someone who grew up with Star Wars, I find the toxicity that has infected the fan-base a bitter … Continue reading Star Wars – The Rise of Skywalker: Review
2019 was my fourth visit to Sci-Fi Scarborough, my annual geek-out in the delightful seaside town on the North Yorkshire coast. Astoundingly, it was my wife, with only a passing interest in sci-fi, who first suggested we attend. Now it … Continue reading Sci-Fi Scarborough 2019
Originally published in Strange Skins Digital #1 This isn’t the first time I’ve discussed the work of Geoff Love in the pages of Strange Skins; way back in issue four of the original run, I wrote an overview of his … Continue reading Variations on a Space Theme: Geoff Love and his Orchestra
I can’t honestly say where I first heard the name Star Wars. It was probably from my brother; he was (and still is) 5 years older than me and more in touch with what was going on in the wild, … Continue reading That Space Film: Star Wars in the UK ’77
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