The Lair of the White Worm: A Mystery Story
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A masterpiece of horror from the creator of Dracula. Bram Stoker stamps his powerful influence on...
The Red Virgin and the Vision of Utopia
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Set against the background of violence and state repression in a turbulent period of French history,...
The Return: A Supernatural Masterpiece
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Arthur Lawford is meandering through a graveyard in a melancholy mood, brooding on his current...
Three Classic Novels: Ossian's Ride, October the First is Too Late, Fifth Planet
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In addition to being the man who coined the term 'the Big Bang', world-renowned astronomer Sir Fred...
Cold Hand in Mine
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Cold Hand in Mine was first published in the UK in 1975 and in the US in 1977. The story 'Pages from...
Film Genre Reader: v. 4
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From reviews of the third edition: "Film Genre Reader III lives up to the high expectations set by...
Calamity
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From the bestselling author of the Mistborn series and Words of Radiance comes Calamity, the final...
the reckoners ya scifi science fiction
Clearly made on a punishingly low budget, and the vision of the future is occasionally a bit wonky from a modern perspective, but the five episodes written by series creator Chris Boucher are some of the best, most intelligent, wittiest and most cynical SF ever broadcast by the BBC. The other episodes not so much: everything gets a bit campy and there are a lot of national stereotypes on display. (Plus, the theme tune has been called the worst in TV history, and most of the incidental music is rubbish too.) Even when it's not particularly good, it's always trying to do something a bit different, and David Calder is consistently excellent as Spring. Not the first nor the last SF or fantasy show to be cut loose by the BBC before it had a chance to realise its potential.
Scone with the Wind: Cakes and Bakes with a Literary Twist
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Bake your way through the classics from Jane Eclair to Tart of Darkness, Banana Karenina and On the...