Jackson: The Worldwide Mass-Media Jacko Griefgasm

Let me put this as concisely as I can: for the mainstream mass media it’s not about reporting the news, its about framing specific events to maximise audience share and profitability.
So no, I won’t be getting on board the Jacko Deathporn Rollercoaster, thankyou very much.

Orphaned Worlds Update – Soon!

Aye, yes, I know, not been on here a-ranting and a-raving, due to most of my meagre braynes being devoted to envisaging and scribbling (literally) the final bits of the final chapter/epilogue. All while most of the UK is bathed in the rays of the sun, bringing the kind of hot, headsucking weather that I generally hate. [...]

Primeval Axed: Is This Is A Schadenfreude That I See Before Me?

A sad end for what started out as quite an inventive, creatively-written series. As I`ve stated already (ad nauseam), season 3’s quality took a nosedive into the cludgie, purely as a consequence of decisions taken by Impossible Pictures with regard to the generation of stories and the hiring of writers. Of course, there are many out [...]

Hot Rawk News: Dream Theater + Opeth + BigElf + Unexpect @ Glasgow SECC Oct 11th. Oh Yes!

Was watching as the Dream Theater/Progressive Nation tour unfolded across Europe and then a coupla UK dates but without a single Scottish date. Mercy me! Was almost resigned to missing it (last time DT played Glasgow, it was the Braehead Arena just at the very moment when Iwas coming down with a foul bout of [...]

Primeval Season 3 Finale: To Helen Back Again

(Previously, the title of this post was ‘Pre-emptive Disappointment’)
Okay, okay, that’s probably what’s known as prejudice, as in pre-judice, pre-judgement. But the track record of Season 3 has been unrelentingly dismal. One glance at the wikipedia page of series 3 episodes reveals that Adrian Hodges has written not ONE of them. This seems very weird to me; [...]

SF/Fantasy Book Size Poll

As a matter of curiosity, given that the book trade and book buyers have been living with the prevalence of the Trilogy for a few decades now, I have been wondering just what readers think of the whole trilogy/series/standalone thang. And now here’s a poll by which  we might come a little closer to the [...]