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        Not Stories and Poetry but Science Fiction/Horror and Fantasy convention reports, reviews on the work of writers in the genre, etc.

FONT THE FONT SCIENCE FICTION SOCIETY - MANCHESTER - ENGLAND 2cd, 4th and 5th Thursdays Monthly, free attendance. See the site for details.

GOR CULT IN DARLINGTON - My response to news of a science fiction sex cult expose in England in May 2006. The cult is based on the rather sexist Gor novels written by John Norman. 

EASTERCON 2001 SF Convention report

EASTERCON 2002 SF Convention report

EASTERCON 2003 SF Convention report

 

EASTERCON 2006 SF Con Report.

COSTUMING EVENTS - Summary of my various fancy dress costuming activities at SF-Horror Conventions. 

 

SKEPTICISM INC Review of Bo Fowler's hilarious book on Metaphysical betting shops, narrated by an atheistic shopping trolley.

BELLWETHER Book review of Connie Willis's novel about fads, and chaos theory and sheep.

TOP RANKIN' ROBERT RANKIN.- Review of the life of this highly irreverent humorist.

SCIENCE FICTION - Ambitious study of the history of the SF/Fantasy genres from a Humanistic perspective. In Six parts and with a Bibliography too. PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

ABSTRACTS - These are posted on an independent website which collects such work together. Do please click on the ratings buttons on these pages. Thank you.    If you would like to write these kind of abstracts and get paid royalties, go to  

 

WWW ANSIBLE (DAVE LANGFORD) http://news.ansible.co.uk/  abstract AT
http://www.shvoong.com/www/literature/172801-ansible/

ALDISS< BRIAN - DRACULA UNBOUND
http://www.shvoong.com/books/science-fiction/173463-dracula-unbound/

ALDISS, BRIAN, & WINGROVE, DAVID  - TRILLION YEAR SPREE. (THE HISTORY OF
SCIENCE FICTION)
http://www.shvoong.com/books/science-fiction/173464-trillion-year-spree/

ISAAC ASIMOV - overview
http://www.shvoong.com/books/73396-foundation-works/

Boardman, Tom - AN ABC OF SCIENCE FICTION
http://www.shvoong.com/books/science-fiction/107821-abc-science-fiction/

Edgar Rice Burroughs http://www.shvoong.com/books/73398-works/

CARTER, ANGELA - THE BLOODY CHAMBER
http://www.shvoong.com/books/fairy-tale/172111-bloody-chamber-stories/

Arthur C Clarke - Overview
http://www.shvoong.com/books/73399-science-fiction-work/

Sarah Dickson LILY (Ladies Of The Night)
http://www.shvoong.com/books/erotic-literature/120274-lily-ladies-night/

Donaldson, Stephen THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER
http://www.shvoong.com/books/fantasy/129234-chronicles-thomas-covenant-the-unbeliever

FOWLER, BO – SCEPTICISM INC http://www.shvoong.com/books/comedy/101541-skepticism-inc/

Gaiman, Neil - CORALINE
http://www.shvoong.com/books/childrens-literature/119856-coraline/

WWW GAV's JOURNAL Online Blog Page http://blufive.livejournal.com/
ABSTRACT at http://www.shvoong.com/www/blog/171208-gav-s-journal/

Herbert, James - The Rats LAIR DOMAIN THE CITY
http://www.shvoong.com/books/horror/119083-rats/

Laurel K Hamilton - ANITA BLAKE- VAMPIRE HUNTER BOOKS
http://www.shvoong.com/books/72843-anita-blake-vampire-hunter-books/

Laurel K Hamilton - ANITA BLAKE- VAMPIRE HUNTER BOOKS
http://www.shvoong.com/books/72843-anita-blake-vampire-hunter-books/

Jurgens, Dan - THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN TRILOGY (Graphic Novels)
http://www.shvoong.com/books/comics/129256-death-superman-trilogy/

Kafka, Franz - METAMORPHOSIS -
http://www.shvoong.com/books/horror/129240-metamorphosis/

Kafka, Franz - THE TRIAL - http://www.shvoong.com/books/129247-trial/

Kane, Bob & Others THE GREATEST BATMAN STORIES EVER TOLD
http://www.shvoong.com/books/comics/155364-greatest-batman-stories-ever-told/

LOVECRAFT, H P - THE CALL OF CTHULHU
http://www.shvoong.com/books/horror/172857-call-cthulhu/

BRIAN LUMLEY - NECROSCOPE
http://www.shvoong.com/books/horror/172854-necroscope/

Richard Matheson - I AM LEGEND
http://www.shvoong.com/books/science-fiction/87395-am-legend/

Moench, Doug - BATMAN & DRACULA TRILOGY (Graphic Novels)
http://www.shvoong.com/books/comics/129179-batman-dracula/

MOORCOCK, MICHAEL  - BEHOLD THE MAN
http://www.shvoong.com/books/science-fiction/174271-behold-man/

Moore, Alan - THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN
http://www.shvoong.com/books/comics/129208-league-extraordinary-gentlemen/

Alan Moore - WATCHMEN
http://www.shvoong.com/books/science-fiction/79142-watchmen/

Newman, Kim - ANNO DRACULA
http://www.shvoong.com/books/horror/129203-anno-dracula/

 

WWW SFX MAGAZINE WEBSITE http://www.sfx.co.uk/ ABSTRACT AT
http://www.shvoong.com/www/literature/172863-sfx/

MARY SHELLEY - FRANKENTEIN
http://www.shvoong.com/books/73401-frankenstein/

Starlin, Jim - BATMAN: A DEATH IN THE FAMILY (Graphic Novel)
http://www.shvoong.com/books/comics/129180-batman-death-family/

VIDAL, GORE  - LIVE FROM GOLGOTHA
http://www.shvoong.com/books/satire/174273-live-golgotha/

KURT VONNEGUT - overview
http://www.shvoong.com/books/73395-slaughterhouse-five/

CONNIE WILLIS - BELWETHER  http://www.shvoong.com/books/72852-belwether/

 

WYNDHAM, JOHN - THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS  http://www.shvoong.com/books/science-fiction/181683-day-the-triffids/

WYNDHAM, JOHN - THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS  http://www.shvoong.com/books/science-fiction/181681-midwich-cuckoos

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