INTERCEPT THE WET SPARROW
One may readily be prepared to die. Any punter can act bravely when faced with imminent death. Even the foolish…
Daybreak over the Valley
By the time Trevor is ready to adjust the focal length of his lens, the layers of mist have dissipated, and the sun’s light has lost its golden lustre.
Chthonic Punk
Aris Forcer sensed it in every cell in his human body. Another dimension. Another universe. Ever since their ordeal with the…
Panology of Science Fiction: E
Engineering A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam Frederik Pohl…
A Year of Independence
Building a platform is difficult. It takes time, dedication, learning new skill-sets and a lot of sacrifice. To pay this…
The Carpenter
All artists are influenced by the previous generation of artists. Westerns were part of John Carpenter’s cinematic diet growing up….
The Forever Slave
“A slave?” asked Aris. “Yes, a slave,” answered Owis, bemused why the Earthman’s facial features had suddenly shrivelled up. “Why…
Star Wars: A Lost Hope
Now that this sad shit-show of a saga is over, the only thing we have left, is the thought, ‘what…
Relic Hunters
At the edge of the galactic core, a supercluster of fourteen thousand stars, caught in an asymmetric elliptical orbit around a supermassive black hole, is home to hundreds of extinct civilisations. The pirates of the inner arm embark on an odyssey to raid as many artefacts as they can before the EXO Consortium locks down the entire Sector.
What Silv and the crew of the Vitalis Express uncover on a far and remote ice planet, is a grave… mistake.
Brunner 2010
If there’s one thing John Brunner is known for, it would be the culture shock he gives readers via his…