Published 2015. "One of the strengths of science fiction is its capacity to literalise metaphors." In " "All that Space Allows" by Ian Sales If Shakespeare broke the 4th wall in several instances, why shouldn’t Ian Sales be allowed to do it? “A Midsummer Night's Dream” deserves special mentio...
Published 2013. Being a SF devotee for many years, I’ve always been fascinated by parallel worlds stories. Unfortunately we have a bunch of them which are quite lame. A few years ago a friend of mine asked, "Whatever happened to parallel worlds? It used to be all the rage in SF." Maybe the answer ...
Published January 20, 2013. What would have happened if Neil Armstrong had aborted his lunar mission in the final stage leading the Russians to have the first man to walk on the Moon? Despite this “what-if-scenario”, this story goes beyond being mere alternate SF. Is it possible to read mundane ...
Published 2013 I’ve been getting pushes from a lot of my SF buddy-reading friends to tackle the Quartet series (the 4 books). Here I’m limiting myself reviewing-wise to just the first book for now (more later on). What we have here is SF at its finest. If there’s a heaven and a hell for SF works, ...
For my full review, and reviews of individual stories, please visit Casual Debris. The latest issue of The Fiction Desk features fifteen stories compressed into 136 pages. No, the font is not shrunken as my opening sentence seems to imply, but instead volume five contains short short stories, incl...
For my full review, and reviews of individual stories, please visit Casual Debris.The latest issue of The Fiction Desk features fifteen stories compressed into 136 pages. No, the font is not shrunken as my opening sentence seems to imply, but instead volume five contains short short stories, includi...
A self-published book by a writer who is attempting 'hard' science fiction which obeys the laws of physics as we understand them and skilfully blends in actual past events with fictional past events and a possible future - complete with references. I do not want to say more so as not to spoil the su...
For my full-length review, please visit Casual Debris.Still strong after three issues. No single stand-outs as in previous issues but not one disappointing story. My favourites are "Blind" by Harvey Marcus, "The Rocket Man" by Benjamin Johncock, "The Maginot Line" by Matt Plass... you know, they're ...
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