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by | 26/08/2011 · 1:35 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss

By Marty Mulrooney

Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss

Chris Foss is a British artist and illustrator whose groundbreaking artwork revolutionised science fiction book covers of the 1970s and 80s. His cover art often depicted looming mechanical spacecraft – the ‘hardware’ of this book’s title – superimposed over vast alien landscapes. Featuring book covers made for such prolific science fiction writers as Isaac Asimov, E. E. ‘Doc’ Smith, Arthur C. Clarke, A. E. Van Vogt and Philip K. Dick, as well as design work for film directors such as Ridley Scott and Stanley Kubrick, Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss offers a comprehensive retrospective of Foss’s career to date.

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by | 18/08/2011 · 2:45 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Bloodshot by Cherie Priest

By Marty Mulrooney

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Bloodshot is the latest novel from award-winning author Cherie Priest. Offering a change of pace from her previous science fiction/steampunk novels, Bloodshot tells the story of Raylene Pendle (AKA Cheshire Red), a vampire and world-renowned thief living in Seattle. When fellow vampire Ian Stott asks for help, the usually reclusive Raylene sets out on a mission to retrieve missing government files that will see her unexpectedly teaming up with a kick-ass drag queen, Men in Black hot on their trail…

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by | 11/08/2011 · 12:00 pm

BOOK REVIEW – An Act Of Love by Alan Gibbons

By Marty Mulrooney

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An Act Of Love is the latest novel from prize-winning Liverpool author Alan Gibbons. Told primarily in flashback, the book tells the story of neighbours and childhood friends Chris and Imran as they grow up together in the UK following the turn of the millennium. However, as they grow older their lives take very different paths. Chris joins the army and serves in Afghanistan, whilst Imran becomes a potential jihad recruit…

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by | 07/07/2011 · 6:25 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Killer Move by Michael Marshall

By Marty Mulrooney

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Killer Move is the latest psychological thriller from Michael Marshall, award-winning author of The Straw Men, The Intruders and Bad Things. Bill Moore has a lucrative job selling condos in the Florida Keys, a huge house and a wife he is madly in love with. Bill is a man with a plan. Then one day, he finds a strange card on his desk. It’s black on both sides, with just one word printed in white: MODIFIED. Suddenly, Bill’s life is turned completely upside down…

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