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Episodes: 114

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Words about books, boardgames, music, film and videogames by Andy Johnson.

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#114 A Thousand Worlds: Dying of the Light (1977) and Tuf Voyaging (1986) by George R.R. Martin
May 16, 2024
#113 A pair of Aces: The Atlantic Abomination (1960) and Sanctuary in the Sky (1960) by John Brunner
May 07, 2024
#112 Empire in time: The Fall of Chronopolis (1974) by Barrington J. Bayley
May 01, 2024
#111 SF’s greatest partnership? Three novels by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth (1952 - 1959)
Apr 25, 2024
#110 Outside context problem: Excession (1996) by Iain M. Banks
Apr 17, 2024
#109 No brakes: Tau Zero (1970) by Poul Anderson
Apr 10, 2024
#108 Fashion victim: The Garments of Caean (1976) by Barrington J. Bayley
Apr 03, 2024
#107 Living with the dead: The Falling Woman (1986) by Pat Murphy
Mar 27, 2024
#106 Raising Titans: Imperial Earth (1975) by Arthur C. Clarke
Mar 22, 2024
#105 Pulling the trigger: Use of Weapons (1990) by Iain M. Banks
Feb 23, 2024
#104 Finding a place in the future: China Mountain Zhang (1992) by Maureen F. McHugh
Jan 30, 2024
#103 A dishonourable discharge? Commandos: Strike Force (2006)
Jan 05, 2024
#102 A methodical masterpiece - Commandos 2: Men of Courage (2001)
Nov 07, 2023
#101 Uncontrolled evolution: Blood Music (1985) by Greg Bear
Oct 31, 2023
#100 (!) There won’t be many coming home: The Forever War (1974) by Joe Haldeman
Oct 24, 2023
#99 High stakes: The Player of Games (1988) by Iain M. Banks
Oct 16, 2023
#98 Newly remastered, Quake II is again the pinnacle of classic ‘90s shooters
Oct 09, 2023
#97 Streets of New Bordeaux - what I played in May 2023
Jun 06, 2023
#96 Out of time: Behold the Man (1969) by Michael Moorcock
Jun 01, 2023
#95 Crystal methods: Sentenced to Prism (1985) by Alan Dean Foster [Review]
May 24, 2023
#94 Sleeping with the fishes: what I played in March and April 2023
May 17, 2023
#93 An enemy of the Culture: Consider Phlebas (1987) by Iain M. Banks
Apr 25, 2023
#92 Remaking humanity: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1976) by Kate Wilhelm
Apr 19, 2023
#91 “An action game like no other”: Oni (2001)
Mar 23, 2023
#90 Space oddities: The State of the Art (1991) by Iain M. Banks
Mar 16, 2023
#89 Relic return to the front: what I played in February 2023
Mar 04, 2023
#88 True grit: The Sands of Mars (1951) by Arthur C. Clarke
Feb 27, 2023
#87 Silence is violence: Native Tongue (1984) by Suzette Haden Elgin
Feb 16, 2023
#86 Missions improbable: My Name Is Legion (1976) by Roger Zelazny
Feb 08, 2023
#85 On the road again: what I played in December 2022 and January 2023
Feb 02, 2023
#84 The river wild: Voyage to the City of the Dead (1984) by Alan Dean Foster
Jan 25, 2023
#83 Life on a second class planet: The Long Result (1965) by John Brunner
Jan 19, 2023
#82 National stealth service: what I played in November 2022
Dec 05, 2022
#81 A bug’s life: Nor Crystal Tears (1982) by Alan Dean Foster
Nov 24, 2022
#80 Spaceworlds: Stories of Life in the Void (2021)
Nov 19, 2022
#79 The knights are drawing in: what I played in October 2022
Nov 05, 2022
#78 (Steam)punk’s not dead: what I played in September 2022
Oct 08, 2022
#77 Animal magic: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (1974) by Patricia A. McKillip
Sep 18, 2022
#76 Going deeper underground: what I played in August 2022
Sep 05, 2022
#75 Touched by the void: Beyond Apollo (1972) by Barry Malzberg
Aug 21, 2022
#74 At close quarters in deep space: Lifeboat (1976) by Harry Harrison and Gordon R. Dickson
Aug 16, 2022
#73 Britain on the brink: The Stone That Never Came Down (1973) by John Brunner
Aug 12, 2022
#72 Once more Into the Breach: what I played in July 2022
Aug 01, 2022
#71 Dying Earths and dead ends: The Time Dweller (1969) by Michael Moorcock
Jul 26, 2022
#70 Desperation and triumph in Myth: The Fallen Lords (1997)
Jul 11, 2022
#69 They’re masterworks all, you can’t go wrong: what I played in June 2022
Jul 05, 2022
#68 Gambling with the stars: Gateway (1977) by Frederik Pohl
Jun 26, 2022
#67 3x Book reviews: The Rats (1974), Flight into Fear (1972), A Fall of Moondust (1961)
Jun 13, 2022
#66 Slow-mo sniping thrills and the end of the world: what I played in May 2022
Jun 08, 2022
#65 Cetacean Ops: Cachalot (1980) by Alan Dean Foster review
May 23, 2022
#64 Walk on the dark side: reviewing two classic crime noir books from Stark House Press
May 10, 2022
#63 Raiding tombs, asteroids and Tokyo: what I played in April 2022
May 02, 2022
#62 Read This: Midworld (1975) by Alan Dean Foster
Apr 28, 2022
#61 Down with The Authority: a case in support of Rage 2
Apr 21, 2022
#60 Stealth, vegetables and goblin mode: what I played in March 2022
Apr 05, 2022
#59 Read This: The Hammer of God (1993) by Arthur C. Clarke
Mar 21, 2022
#58 Read This: The Telling (2000) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Mar 14, 2022
#57 Return of the Wang: what I played in February 2022
Feb 28, 2022
#56 Taylor Sheridan, last screenwriter on the frontier
Feb 21, 2022
#55 Hell hath fury: 6(66) belated notes on Doom Eternal (2020)
Feb 14, 2022
#54 Read This: Damnation Alley (1969) by Roger Zelazny
Feb 07, 2022
#53 Empires, demons and the Covenant: what I played in January 2022
Jan 31, 2022
#52 How Tomb Raider (2013) Rebuilt Lara Croft (Again)
Jan 24, 2022
#51 Read This: Red Mars (1992) by Kim Stanley Robinson
Jan 17, 2022
#50 My Most Anticipated Games 2022
Jan 11, 2022
#49 Shadows, swords and soldiers: what I played in December 2021
Dec 31, 2021
#48 The Ten Best Books I Read in 2021
Dec 18, 2021
#47 Snakes, demons and steambots: what I played in November 2021
Dec 03, 2021
#46 Read This: The Kraken Wakes (1953) by John Wyndham
Nov 11, 2021
#45 Cards, robots and an angry viking: games roundup October 2021
Oct 30, 2021
#44 Ten Reasons to Try Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
Sep 17, 2021
#43 An Action Canon No. 3: Flash Point (2007)
Sep 06, 2021
#42 Soul on the Agenda: Chairmen of the Board in Ten Songs
Aug 24, 2021
#41 More Than "War": Edwin Starr in Ten Songs
Aug 11, 2021
#40 Read This: Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Jul 27, 2021
#39 Read This - The Star Trek: Destiny trilogy (2008) by David Mack
Jun 23, 2021
#38 Divided we fall - Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (2005)
Jun 16, 2021
#37 Why Red Alert 3 is the crowning glory of Command & Conquer’s second decade
Mar 29, 2021
#36 An Action Canon No. 2: Raw Deal (1986)
Mar 22, 2021
#35 On Her Majesty’s Sordid Service: Watching The Sandbaggers
Mar 07, 2021
#34 Read This: The Dispossessed (1974) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Feb 19, 2021
#33 An Action Canon No. 1: RoboCop (1987)
Feb 05, 2021
#32 Shadowrun Returns and the Case for "Shallow" RPGs
Jan 09, 2021
#31 Seeing in the New Year with Strange Days
Jan 01, 2021
#30 How Tomb Raider: Underworld Brought Lara Croft Full Circle
Dec 02, 2020
#29 How Tomb Raider: Anniversary Took Lara Croft Back to Basics
Nov 23, 2020
#28 How Tomb Raider: Legend Saved Lara Croft
Nov 16, 2020
#27 Racing as Revelation in Art of Rally
Oct 30, 2020
#26 How to Read Michael Moorcock's Elric Saga: Part II
Oct 24, 2020
#25 Read This: The Word for World is Forest (1972) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Oct 16, 2020
#24 Set in Stone: The Twisted Worlds of Amid Evil
Oct 10, 2020
#23 Book Recommendation: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Oct 03, 2020
#22 How to Read Michael Moorcock's Elric Saga: Part I
Sep 25, 2020
#21 Book Review: Downbelow Station (1981) by C.J. Cherryh
Sep 19, 2020
#20 Realms Deep 2020 Showed That Boomer Shooters Are Here to Stay
Sep 11, 2020
#19 Ursula K. LeGuin's Worlds of Exile and Illusion
Sep 06, 2020
#18: Book Review: The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins
Aug 28, 2020
#17: Destroy All Monsters - In Praise of King of Tokyo
Aug 23, 2020
#16: More Than Box-Office Dynamite - The Professionals (1966)
Jul 31, 2020
#15: Notes From Underground - The Dark Places of Metro 2033
Jul 17, 2020
#14: Never Say Die - Black Sabbath in the Late '70s
Jul 13, 2020
#13 Re-Learning War: Hostile Waters
Jun 29, 2020
#12 Walter Hill's Magnificent Seven
Jun 12, 2020
#11 Hard to Be a God - Populous: The Beginning
Jun 05, 2020
#10 Enemy at the Gates: Stronghold
May 29, 2020
#9 Hong Kong Action Movies: A Brief Introduction
May 24, 2020
#8 Doom Hope: Jookabox in Lockdown
May 16, 2020
#7 Policing an Alien Nation - XCOM: Chimera Squad
May 05, 2020
#5 Deathworld by Harry Harrison
Apr 28, 2020
#6 Sense of Perspective: Sonic 3D Blast
Apr 28, 2020
#4 Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke
Apr 21, 2020
#3 Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds
Apr 14, 2020
#2 Kings of the Depths: Aquatica Boardgame Review
Apr 07, 2020
#1 (Another) Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Mar 31, 2020