I briefly came across the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan in the mid-seventies when Futura/Orbit published the first 38 novels in the series, and…
20 CommentsOn and on I sped into futurity...
I briefly came across the German science fiction series Perry Rhodan in the mid-seventies when Futura/Orbit published the first 38 novels in the series, and…
20 CommentsAt the end of his ground-breaking book One Hundred Years of Science Fiction Ilustration, 1840 – 1940 (1974), Anthony Frewin included an appendix on the…
1 CommentThe last thing you probably wanted to be in 1978 was a hippy folk singer with a single about love and light complete with Hawaiian…
3 CommentsI have a huge soft spot for Prog Rock, well – to qualify that, I have a soft spot for a handful of Prog Rock…
Leave a CommentJames Goddard has very kindly agreed to let me reprint his interview with Edmund Cooper from Science Fiction Monthly Volume 2 Number 4. This first…
13 CommentsThere’s a poignant anecdote that Terry Pratchett once told about a book signing. A young woman in the queue told him that her father was…
19 CommentsHere’s another film that seems pretty apt for the current state of the UK post-Brexit – Robert Fuest’s end of the world-lite version of Michael…
3 CommentsI’ve been scrabbling around for an appropriate metaphor for the colossally surreal act of self-harm the UK inflicted on itself 48 hours ago, and early…
2 CommentsHot on the heels of Peter A. Jones, here’s my tribute to another great SF artist who, sadly, is no longer with us. The vast…
4 CommentsOne of the oddest worst movies ever made has to be the Penthouse ‘erotic epic’ Caligula, released in 1979. It’s an extreme example of a…
Leave a CommentAs part of my ad hoc trundle through the greats of 70s and 80s Science Fiction book covers I thought I’d turn my attention this…
Leave a CommentOne of the strangest books to come out of the 1970s fantasy art imprint Paper Tiger had to be Bruce Pennington’s Eschatus (1976). I’ve already…
1 CommentWhat better way to recover from New Year’s Eve than a leisurely afternoon watching John Boorman’s cult classic Zardoz. Putting aside the seriously disturbing sight…
3 CommentsThe only mildly interesting scene in that otherwise steaming heap of found-footage nonsense Apollo 18 is when the US astronauts stumble across the Soviet LK…
2 CommentsHaving cut their teeth on the first ever grown-up science fiction game Starforce: Alpha Centauri in 1974, the US company Simulations Publications turned to fantasy…
3 CommentsAs I’ve mentioned before, 1974 marked my Looking into Chapman’s Homer moment when on opening Science Fiction Monthly number 2 I had the same feelings…
3 CommentsGo here for my review of Jim Burns’ latest book The Art of Jim Burns: Hyperluminal. Can you talk us through one of your paintings…
Leave a CommentFor me the golden age of science fiction and fantasy paperback illustration in the UK spanned the 70s and 80s. While 60s covers often favoured…
3 CommentsFor years the TV program Top of the Pops and the Sunday Top 40 on Radio One had a stranglehold on popular music in the UK.…
Leave a CommentI’d already planned on doing an article on the fantasy artist Patrick Woodroffe when the news came in that he’d passed away and so, sadly,…
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