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The city of Glasgow reaches far back, it’s origin a rural settlement in medieval times, that has become a major city of Scotland and one of the largest

Like the characters in his novels, Joe Abercrombie is not a man to be taken lightly. Launching his writing career in 2006 with The Blade Itself, his First

Justin Cronin is an acclaimed writer, and deservedly so: the Harvard graduate is a professor of English at Rice University and an award winning novelist, but recognition of

“It was a child’s toy, a very small Matchbox vehicle. Rolled seven feet across a linoleum surface. The duration of the event was seven hours.” “Seven hours for what?” “For

Sublime: noble and majestic; impressive and awe-inspiring. Sublimation: the transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapour state such that it does not pass

For a realm of such infinite possibilities science fiction can sometimes be surprisingly limited. Given such scope it is no surprise that many writers operating in this genre

It’s not often a debut novel gathers the attention that greeted the launch of The Quantum Thief two years ago, a book that received critical praise despite its

Grant Morrison can lay claim to having produced some of the most influential comics of the last thirty years, both with the ‘Big Two’ and in the creator-owned

Having been shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award with his debut novel, 2010’s Boxer, Beetle, Ned Beauman’s followup continues his success with The Teleportation Accident making the

Science fiction is regarded as the medium of ideas, but so rarely does that intention cross the fraught border into film, where collaboration and the need for broad