Category: Geek Culture

‘Keikeyi’ retells the ‘Ramayana,’ looking at its events through the eyes of Rama’s disgraced step-mother. An inventive and powerful read.

‘Dark Dweller’ is classic-style Solar System science fiction. A tale of secrets, betrayal, and creatures from outer-space!

My 2023 reading year has started with a bang! My first two books were both by authors who I picked to include in our previous best books of the year round-ups. Dave Hutchinson returns to the world of his Fractured Europe series, which I reviewed back in 2016, and N.K. Jemisin has treated us to the […]

2 more excellent Nosy Crow crime capers see us return to Paris with Alice Eclair and an altogether colder affair in ‘Murder at Snowfall.’

‘The Planets are Very Very Very Far Away’ demonstrates the scale of the Solar System and is a great way to inspire young minds to its size.

‘Curse Breaker’ by Simon Tudhope is a “Choose Your Own Adventure” style book for the 2020s. A whole world of adventure awaits!

The ‘S.T.E.A.L.T.H’ novels by Jason Rohan are excellent middle grade adventure stories, filled with wisecracks and technological hi-jinks.

‘A Fractured Infinity’ places a tender love story at the heart of some multiverse shenanigans to deliver a satisfying SciFi read.

‘Marvel: Original Sin,’ a multi-member-team-up, cosmic whodunnit in which all your favorite Marvel heroes ask “Who killed The Watcher?”

Alice Éclair, Spy Extraordinaire! features cakes and trains. What’s not to love? It’s a fast-paced caper with a strong message at its center.