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We got round to seeing the 'Out Of This World' exhibition at the British Library on Saturday. Now I shouldn't have been surprised that the main focus was on books, but I thought that there'd be more of a focus on sci-fi at the cinema or on TV. The fact that the displays were mostly made up of books either with their covers showing or held open on ( Read more... )

Interzone 234 - May-June 2011. Only £3.95.


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Well, I was going to catch up with Being Human, but instead I've invented a new element called 'Poonium'. Unlike it's name might suggest, it's actually the bluest of all the elements. Bluer even than Xenon. Poonium. Stick it at the end of the Periodic table next to Einsteinium, the eccentric element. It's got a half life of around 20 minutes and ( Read more... )

A new Interzone plonked itself on the mat before I'd quite finished reading the last one. That's subscription service for you.


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The air is packed full of sex at the moment. I thought it would be confined to the outside, but it's come in on the wind and coated everything, making every item in the house it's own. The distinctive ichor has coated any available surface. Fortunately it's not the kind of sex that I'm allergic to, but I'm sure that will be on it's way soon and my ( Read more... )

I actually forgot my blog last night. I was working on a banner for the Planet Skaro forum. These things take blimming ages. I hope it's worth it ( Read more... )

We've had 3hrs 45 minutes of Tom Baker action over the last few days. We've been 'archiving' The Tom Baker Years, a marvelously insane double video where Tom sits down to watch randomly chosen clips from each of his stories from his seven-year run as the Doctor. He even seems to remember some of it! It's rather wonderful in places, whether Tom's ( Read more... )

"Kassad dreamily noted the four arms, retractable fingerblades, the profusion of thornspikes on the throat, forehead, wrists, knees, and body, but not once did his gaze leave the two-thousand faceted eyes which burned with a red flame that paled sunlight and dimmed the day to blood shadows ( Read more... )

Lois The Witch by Elizabeth Gaskell ( Read more... )