Freak Out The Squares : Life In A Band Called Pulp – Russell Senior (Aurum Press)
I might as well be candid and admit up front that I’m not a Pulp fan. In fact it would be fair to say that I absolutely loathed them, not just in a musical sense,…
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Origins: The Scientific Story of Creation – Jim Baggot (Oxford University Press)
Attempting to tell the story of Creation from the origins of the Universe to the dawn of Homo sapiens is an ambitious endeavour, and most popular science authors would concentrate on their own area of specialisation to…
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Star Wars: Heir To The Jedi – Kevin Hearne (Arrow Books)
It’s not everyday that I pick up a book written purely in the first person, let alone from the perspective of the Jedi himself, Luke Skywalker. Since a number of previous novels, comics and other…
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The Iron Ship (The Gates of the World Book One) – K.M. McKinley (Solaris)
The order of the world is in turmoil. An age of industry is beginning, an age of machines fuelled by magic. Sprawling cities rise, strange devices stalk the land. New money brings new power. The…
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Iron & Blood: A Jake Desmet Adventure – Gail Z. Martin, Larry N. Martin (Solaris)
New Pittsburgh in 1898, a crucible of invention and intrigue, the hub of American industry at the height of its steam-driven power. Born from the ashes of devastating fire, flood and earthquake, New Pittsburgh is…
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Koko the Mighty – Kieran Shea (Titan Books)
After narrowly escaping death, Koko Martstellar (ex-corporate mercenary) and Jedidiah Flynn (depressed former sky-cop) are busy putting their lives back together, running a saloon/brothel on The Sixty Islands – the world\’s most violent and decadent…
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams – Stephen King (Hodder)
A collection with bite. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stephen King’s latest collection, will delight his fans. Alongside a wide variety of stories (around 20 in total, including two poems), which I’ll come to in…
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YOUTH from Killing Joke announces the publication of ‘The Anarchist Colouring Book’
The Anarchist Colouring Book is an A4 high quality thick paper colouring book featuring original designs by Youth. Youth\’s free form ink drawings (taken directly from his sketchbooks), are unaltered and true to source. Youth explains…
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Emperor Fu-Manchu
Emperor Fu-Manchu – Sax Rohmer (Titan Books www.titanbooks.com) There was a time – and it wasn’t all that long ago from both a literary and a historical perspective – when heroes were square jawed, smoked…
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Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade has arrived…
Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade Command a colossal Imperial Knight in one of the deepest, richest and most explosive shooters on mobile. Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, an incredible new action combat experience set in Game Workshop’s famous 40k…
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Midnight in the Garden Centre of Good and Evil – Colin Sinclair
Midnight in the Garden Centre of Good and Evil – Colin Sinclair (Abaddon Books) As soon as I read the blurb on this book I loved the premise, what’s not to like about a Garden…
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Flowers in a Dumpster – Mark Allen Gunnells
Flowers in a Dumpster – Mark Allen Gunnells (Crystal Lake Publishing) I had no idea what to expect when I was sent “Flowers in a Dumpster” as this was my first venture into Gunnells fast…
