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by Martin Mulrooney | 03/07/2013 · 9:38 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Countdown City: The Last Policeman II by Ben H. Winters

By Marty Mulrooney

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Countdown City by Ben H. Winters is the second novel in the critically acclaimed Last Policeman trilogy. Following on from The Last Policeman (which Alternative Magazine Online awarded Book of the Year 2012 and described as “a genuinely engaging mystery novel that boldly asks us to consider what life is worth, and what truly defines us as individuals”), Countdown City beings with just 77 days left before a deadly asteroid will collide with Earth. Detective Hank Palace is out of a job, but when a woman from his past begs him to track down her missing husband, he finds that old habits – unlike people – die hard…

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by Martin Mulrooney | 01/02/2013 · 9:12 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Dead Space: Catalyst by B.K. Evenson

By Marty Mulrooney

Dead Space Catalyst

Dead Space: Catalyst by B.K. Evenson is a science fiction horror novel set within the Dead Space video game universe. Serving as a sequel to 2010’s Dead Space: Martyr (also written by Evenson), Dead Space: Catalyst is set 250 years in the future and centres around two brothers named Istvan and Jensi.

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BOOK REVIEW – The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

By Jamie Downes (Guest Writer)

The Long Earth

The first in a two-part collaborative effort between Terry Pratchett (the Discworld series) and Stephen Baxter (the Xeelee Sequence series), The Long Earth is a novel named after the seemingly infinite number of parallel worlds at its heart, worlds that become traversable by most humans with the invention of a simple homemade device.

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by Martin Mulrooney | 13/12/2012 · 11:32 pm

INTERVIEW – In Conversation With Shad Clark (Director, All I Think Of Is You)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Alternative Magazine Online was recently contacted by film director Shad Clark, who kindly shared a copy of his latest short film All I Think Of Is You. A science fiction drama that packs an incredible punch, the film also stars Rolf Saxon, a versatile actor who many of AMO’s readers will know as the voice of George Stobbart from the Broken Sword series of point-and-click adventure games. AMO is therefore proud to present an exclusive online interview with talented director, writer and storyteller, Mr Shad Clark!

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