Classic SF with Andy Johnson
By Andy Johnson
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Episodes: 194
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Exploring classic science fiction, with a focus on the 1950s to the 1990s.
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#194 Where we come from: The Inheritors (1955) by William Golding
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May 14, 2026 |
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#193 Communication breakdown: Fiasco (1986) by Stanislaw Lem
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May 07, 2026 |
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#192 Mind, body, spirit, space: Alien Embassy (1977) by Ian Watson
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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#191 Under the domes: Fury (1947) by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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#190 Living in the abyss: Medusa’s Children (1977) by Bob Shaw
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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#189 Computer fugitive: The Shockwave Rider (1975) by John Brunner
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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#188 Thoughts can be punished: Kallocain (1940) by Karin Boye
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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#187 Acts of faith: A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959) by Walter M. Miller Jr.
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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#186 Spheres within spheres: Matter (2008) by Iain M. Banks
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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#185 The big freeze: Ice and Iron (1974) by Wilson Tucker
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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#184 Caught on tape: The Müller-Fokker Effect (1970) by John Sladek
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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#183 Hostile takeover: The Cold Cash War (1977) by Robert Asprin
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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#182 Wish it was here: Last Letters from Hav (1985) by Jan Morris
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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#181 Think fast: Brain Wave (1954) by Poul Anderson
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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#180 The ten best SF books I read in 2025
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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#179 Walk like thunder: the mammoth trilogy (1999 - 2001) by Stephen Baxter
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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#178 The new Argonauts: West of the Sun (1953) by Edgar Pangborn
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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#177 Other ways to live: introducing the Hainish stories by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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#176 Silicon and steel: The Reproductive System (1968) by John Sladek
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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#175 Collision with the future: The Masks of Time (1968) by Robert Silverberg
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#174 Reign of evil: Swastika Night (1937) by Murray Constantine
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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#173 Hanging by a thread: the Society of Time trilogy (1962) by John Brunner
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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#172 The endless plain of fortune: Orbitsville trilogy by Bob Shaw (1975 - 1990)
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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#171 Avatar of war: The Book of Elsewhere (2024) by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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#170 Solar Enemy Number One: The Stars My Destination (1956) by Alfred Bester
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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#169 Hollywood necromancy: Remake (1995) by Connie Willis
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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#168 Quantum uncertainty: Timescape (1980) by Gregory Benford
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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#167 The thing itself: science fiction and its aesthetic
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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#166 Four futures: The Ace Double novels of Margaret St. Clair (1956 - 1964)
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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#165 After two catastrophes: The Uncertain Midnight (1958) and The Cloud Walker (1973) by Edmund Cooper
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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#164 The world outside: Non-Stop (1958) by Brian Aldiss
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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#163 Mind of the ocean: The Jonah Kit (1975) by Ian Watson
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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#162 The back of beyond: Way Station (1963) by Clifford D. Simak
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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#161 Cognitive shock: five concepts to enhance your science fiction reading
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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#160 Illusion, USA: Time Out of Joint (1959) by Philip K. Dick
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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#159 Built-in obedience: Nekropolis (2001) by Maureen F. McHugh
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May 29, 2025 |
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#158 Built different: The Rod of Light (1985) by Barrington J. Bayley
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May 23, 2025 |
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#157 Spirit and science: The Shadow Hunter (1982) by Pat Murphy
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May 15, 2025 |
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#156 Superstructure: The World Inside (1971) by Robert Silverberg
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May 08, 2025 |
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#155 Fork in the road: The Two-Timers (1968) by Bob Shaw
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May 01, 2025 |
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#154 Trial by fire: Rite of Passage (1968) by Alexei Panshin
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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#153 Scarcity and abundance: Ring Around the Sun (1953) by Clifford D. Simak
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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#152 The last city: Cinnabar (1976) by Edward Bryant
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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#151 Ancient mistakes: Look to Windward (2000) by Iain M. Banks
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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#150 The First Classic SF with Andy Johnson Q&A
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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#149 Celebration of wounds: Crash (1973) by J. G. Ballard
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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#148 Out of the darkness: Flowers for Algernon (1966) by Daniel Keyes
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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#147 Armed to the teeth: The Jagged Orbit (1969) by John Brunner
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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#146 Digging up the future: Icehenge (1984) by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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#145 Heavy weather: Mission of Gravity (1954) by Hal Clement
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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#144 Beating the odds: The Grand Wheel (1977) by Barrington J. Bayley
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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#143 The enemy within: The Second Trip (1971) by Robert Silverberg
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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#142 Tipping the scales: Dreamsnake (1978) by Vonda N. McIntyre
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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#141 A horrorshow cure: A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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#140 Plucked from the past: Picnic on Paradise (1968) by Joanna Russ
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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#139 In the days of their strength: Pavane (1968) by Keith Roberts
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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#138 Death is no obstacle: The Ophiuchi Hotline (1977) by John Varley
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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#137 The Ten Best SF(F) Books I Read in 2024
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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#136 Hell freezes over: Ice (1967) by Anna Kavan
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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#135 Take these broken wings: Windhaven (1981) by George R. R. Martin and Lisa Tuttle
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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#134 Out of body experience: The Palace of Eternity (1969) by Bob Shaw
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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#133 A century of screams: Breakfast in the Ruins (1972) by Michael Moorcock
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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#132 Retirement plans: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) by Philip K. Dick
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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#131 El Dorado of the mind: The Embedding (1973) by Ian Watson
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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#130 Thousand island blessing: The Howling Stones (1997) by Alan Dean Foster
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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#129 Blind man's bluff: Night Walk (1967) by Bob Shaw
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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#128 Space and the mind: The Black Corridor (1969) by Michael Moorcock and Hilary Bailey
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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#127 Science fiction in disguise: Inversions (1998) by Iain M. Banks
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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#126 A very British disaster: The Day of the Triffids (1951) by John Wyndham
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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#125 Future faith: Let the Fire Fall (1969) by Kate Wilhelm and Strength of Stones (1981) by Greg Bear
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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#124 Moral hazard: Preferred Risk (1955) by Frederik Pohl and Lester del Rey
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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#123 In love with death: Rogue Moon (1960) by Algis Budrys
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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#122 Suffering for art: Meridian Days (1992) by Eric Brown
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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#121 Seeing is believing: A Wreath of Stars (1976) by Bob Shaw
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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#120 Cities at war: Oath of Fealty (1981) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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#119: A case of consciousness: The Soul of the Robot (1974) by Barrington J. Bayley
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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#118 Schlock and awe: The Paradox Men (1953) by Charles L. Harness
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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#117: Man and machine: “A Meeting with Medusa” (1971) and The Medusa Chronicles (2016)
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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#116 End of days: The Forge of God (1987) by Greg Bear
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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#115 Faith in the stars: To Open the Sky (1967) by Robert Silverberg
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May 24, 2024 |
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#114 A Thousand Worlds: Dying of the Light (1977) and Tuf Voyaging (1986) by George R.R. Martin
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May 16, 2024 |
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#113 A pair of Aces: The Atlantic Abomination (1960) and Sanctuary in the Sky (1960) by John Brunner
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May 07, 2024 |
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#112 Empire in time: The Fall of Chronopolis (1974) by Barrington J. Bayley
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May 01, 2024 |
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#111 SF’s greatest partnership? Three novels by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth (1952 - 1959)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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#110 Outside context problem: Excession (1996) by Iain M. Banks
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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#109 No brakes: Tau Zero (1970) by Poul Anderson
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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#108 Fashion victim: The Garments of Caean (1976) by Barrington J. Bayley
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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#107 Living with the dead: The Falling Woman (1986) by Pat Murphy
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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#106 Raising Titans: Imperial Earth (1975) by Arthur C. Clarke
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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#105 Pulling the trigger: Use of Weapons (1990) by Iain M. Banks
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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#104 Finding a place in the future: China Mountain Zhang (1992) by Maureen F. McHugh
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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#103 A dishonourable discharge? Commandos: Strike Force (2006)
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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#102 A methodical masterpiece - Commandos 2: Men of Courage (2001)
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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#101 Uncontrolled evolution: Blood Music (1985) by Greg Bear
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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#100 (!) There won’t be many coming home: The Forever War (1974) by Joe Haldeman
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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#99 High stakes: The Player of Games (1988) by Iain M. Banks
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#98 Newly remastered, Quake II is again the pinnacle of classic ‘90s shooters
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#97 Streets of New Bordeaux - what I played in May 2023
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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#96 Out of time: Behold the Man (1969) by Michael Moorcock
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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#95 Crystal methods: Sentenced to Prism (1985) by Alan Dean Foster [Review]
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May 24, 2023 |
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#94 Sleeping with the fishes: what I played in March and April 2023
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May 17, 2023 |
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#93 An enemy of the Culture: Consider Phlebas (1987) by Iain M. Banks
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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#92 Remaking humanity: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1976) by Kate Wilhelm
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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#91 “An action game like no other”: Oni (2001)
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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#90 Space oddities: The State of the Art (1991) by Iain M. Banks
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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#89 Relic return to the front: what I played in February 2023
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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#88 True grit: The Sands of Mars (1951) by Arthur C. Clarke
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#87 Silence is violence: Native Tongue (1984) by Suzette Haden Elgin
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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#86 Missions improbable: My Name Is Legion (1976) by Roger Zelazny
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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#85 On the road again: what I played in December 2022 and January 2023
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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#84 The river wild: Voyage to the City of the Dead (1984) by Alan Dean Foster
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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#83 Life on a second class planet: The Long Result (1965) by John Brunner
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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#82 National stealth service: what I played in November 2022
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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#81 A bug’s life: Nor Crystal Tears (1982) by Alan Dean Foster
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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#80 Spaceworlds: Stories of Life in the Void (2021)
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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#79 The knights are drawing in: what I played in October 2022
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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#78 (Steam)punk’s not dead: what I played in September 2022
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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#77 Animal magic: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (1974) by Patricia A. McKillip
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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#76 Going deeper underground: what I played in August 2022
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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#75 Touched by the void: Beyond Apollo (1972) by Barry Malzberg
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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#74 At close quarters in deep space: Lifeboat (1976) by Harry Harrison and Gordon R. Dickson
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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#73 Britain on the brink: The Stone That Never Came Down (1973) by John Brunner
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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#72 Once more Into the Breach: what I played in July 2022
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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#71 Dying Earths and dead ends: The Time Dweller (1969) by Michael Moorcock
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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#70 Desperation and triumph in Myth: The Fallen Lords (1997)
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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#69 They’re masterworks all, you can’t go wrong: what I played in June 2022
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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#68 Gambling with the stars: Gateway (1977) by Frederik Pohl
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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#67 3x Book reviews: The Rats (1974), Flight into Fear (1972), A Fall of Moondust (1961)
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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#66 Slow-mo sniping thrills and the end of the world: what I played in May 2022
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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#65 Cetacean Ops: Cachalot (1980) by Alan Dean Foster review
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May 23, 2022 |
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#64 Walk on the dark side: reviewing two classic crime noir books from Stark House Press
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May 10, 2022 |
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#63 Raiding tombs, asteroids and Tokyo: what I played in April 2022
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May 02, 2022 |
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#62 Read This: Midworld (1975) by Alan Dean Foster
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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#61 Down with The Authority: a case in support of Rage 2
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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#60 Stealth, vegetables and goblin mode: what I played in March 2022
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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#59 Read This: The Hammer of God (1993) by Arthur C. Clarke
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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#58 Read This: The Telling (2000) by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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#57 Return of the Wang: what I played in February 2022
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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#56 Taylor Sheridan, last screenwriter on the frontier
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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#55 Hell hath fury: 6(66) belated notes on Doom Eternal (2020)
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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#54 Read This: Damnation Alley (1969) by Roger Zelazny
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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#53 Empires, demons and the Covenant: what I played in January 2022
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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#52 How Tomb Raider (2013) Rebuilt Lara Croft (Again)
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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#51 Read This: Red Mars (1992) by Kim Stanley Robinson
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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#50 My Most Anticipated Games 2022
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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#49 Shadows, swords and soldiers: what I played in December 2021
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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#48 The Ten Best Books I Read in 2021
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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#47 Snakes, demons and steambots: what I played in November 2021
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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#46 Read This: The Kraken Wakes (1953) by John Wyndham
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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#45 Cards, robots and an angry viking: games roundup October 2021
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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#44 Ten Reasons to Try Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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#43 An Action Canon No. 3: Flash Point (2007)
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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#42 Soul on the Agenda: Chairmen of the Board in Ten Songs
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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#41 More Than "War": Edwin Starr in Ten Songs
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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#40 Read This: Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995) by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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#39 Read This - The Star Trek: Destiny trilogy (2008) by David Mack
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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#38 Divided we fall - Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (2005)
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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#37 Why Red Alert 3 is the crowning glory of Command & Conquer’s second decade
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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#36 An Action Canon No. 2: Raw Deal (1986)
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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#35 On Her Majesty’s Sordid Service: Watching The Sandbaggers
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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#34 Read This: The Dispossessed (1974) by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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#33 An Action Canon No. 1: RoboCop (1987)
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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#32 Shadowrun Returns and the Case for "Shallow" RPGs
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Jan 09, 2021 |
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#31 Seeing in the New Year with Strange Days
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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#30 How Tomb Raider: Underworld Brought Lara Croft Full Circle
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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#29 How Tomb Raider: Anniversary Took Lara Croft Back to Basics
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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#28 How Tomb Raider: Legend Saved Lara Croft
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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#27 Racing as Revelation in Art of Rally
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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#26 How to Read Michael Moorcock's Elric Saga: Part II
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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#25 Read This: The Word for World is Forest (1972) by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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#24 Set in Stone: The Twisted Worlds of Amid Evil
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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#23 Book Recommendation: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Oct 03, 2020 |
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#22 How to Read Michael Moorcock's Elric Saga: Part I
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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#21 Book Review: Downbelow Station (1981) by C.J. Cherryh
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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#20 Realms Deep 2020 Showed That Boomer Shooters Are Here to Stay
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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#19 Ursula K. LeGuin's Worlds of Exile and Illusion
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Sep 06, 2020 |
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#18: Book Review: The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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#17: Destroy All Monsters - In Praise of King of Tokyo
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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#16: More Than Box-Office Dynamite - The Professionals (1966)
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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#15: Notes From Underground - The Dark Places of Metro 2033
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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#14: Never Say Die - Black Sabbath in the Late '70s
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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#13 Re-Learning War: Hostile Waters
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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#12 Walter Hill's Magnificent Seven
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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#11 Hard to Be a God - Populous: The Beginning
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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#10 Enemy at the Gates: Stronghold
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May 29, 2020 |
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#9 Hong Kong Action Movies: A Brief Introduction
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May 24, 2020 |
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#8 Doom Hope: Jookabox in Lockdown
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May 16, 2020 |
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#7 Policing an Alien Nation - XCOM: Chimera Squad
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May 05, 2020 |
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#5 Deathworld by Harry Harrison
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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#6 Sense of Perspective: Sonic 3D Blast
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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#4 Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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#3 Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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#2 Kings of the Depths: Aquatica Boardgame Review
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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#1 (Another) Return to Castle Wolfenstein
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Mar 31, 2020 |