Author: Steph P. Bianchini
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Space Features of the Week (9 April)
Again, that’s the moment of my summary of space news worth discussing this week (and in the past few, since I haven’t done it…
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A lost opportunity: Helix.
In case you have never heard of it, Helix is an American SF/ thriller TV series aired by Syfy. The plot: a team of…
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-30 to the Gran Finale
We are less than one month from the Grand Finale, the moment Cassini is going to plunge deep into Saturn. As you can read…
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Dorian Gray (2009). A review.
The Picture of Dorian Gray has been since its publication in 1890 a popular, albeit controversial, subject, and its cultural influence long-lasting, certainly more…
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Space Features of the Week (18 March)
This should read more as the space news of the month, both for timing and relevance. Yes, because in these last days we heard…
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The Sub-Genres of British Fantasy Literature by A J Dalton. A review.
It is always interesting to read good non-fiction books about SFF&H, and when it happens to be an informed reflection on a genre as…
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Speculative Fiction Podcasts: Interview with Mariah Avix, 600 Second Saga
This is a post in the series of speculative fiction podcasts, and the fourth interview for “Seven Questions with your favourite SFF podcast editors”…
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Hubble’s videos – learn to watch
What Hubble Space Telescope is, everybody knows – it’s the first major optical telescope to be placed in space, back in 1990. As explained…
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What’s so special about Trappist 1
An otherwise unremarkable small, cool and rather faint (19 magnitude, less than Pluto, just to be clear) dwarf star located 39.5 light-years from the…
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Space Features of the Week (23 February)
Today is the moment of my periodic summary of space news worth discussing this week (and in the past few, since I haven’t done…
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18 February – Events
Yesterday I had the opportunity to witness two (different) but related events – both in the field of writing and publishing. One, in Edinburgh,…
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The Rezort (2016) – yet another zombie movie. A review.
Since I’ve got my Netflix subscription a couple of years ago, the amount of horror I watch has been steadily growing, simply because it’s…
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Strange features of the Solar System – giant gas planets
That our Solar System is an original one, we already know it. Surveys about other planetary systems have confirmed what we already suspected about…
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City Infernal by Edward Lee. A review
To horror fans, Edward Lee is a famous name, credited with some of the most incredible tales I’ve read in a while – scary,…
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Pledging support – We are all in this together, people
I normally don’t make any comment on this blog about political news, not because I don’t care, but because I do that in other venues.…
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Market News – SFF&H zines
I have always been an avid consumer of speculative fiction in all forms and format, and recently a writer, too. Therefore it’s always painful…
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Space Features of the Week (20 January)
Here my periodic summary of some of the space news worth discussing this week. As usual, I have provided a link and included my comments,…
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Blade Runner 2049. Not (yet) a review.
… simply because the movie is going to premiere on 6 October 2017 and I’ll need to wait until that day. But I make…
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Historical Fiction from the Renaissance – The Tudors
I have just finished watching Showtime’s historical series The Tudors (now entirely on Netflix), and I have to say I have mixed feelings about it.…
