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Book Review: The Fuller Memorandum

Apart from the spy-geek touch, the Laundry series is slowly getting the touch of the hero type stories. The main hero of the Laundry is a geek who has turned into a demonologist and a secret agent, who is out to rescue the damsel in distress, Dominique, whom he later falls in love with. He does not own a car and keeps going between the London walkways and tubes, using the tube more often considering the problem he faces when More

Sci-fi Enthusiast Personal Blog

A passionate fiction movie fan like me has been often disappointed and misled by the great deal of fanfare and trailers which come with promise of much thrill and excitement with every new movie. In reality these movies are insipid and offer very little by way of entertainment. When I visit some blog sites I find there are many more people who feel the same. Below are some movies which have lost something in way of content and good direction.

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Beam me up Scotty!

Those were the days, before relationship issues and debt problems. Star Trek V1, first edition, Rodenberry pure. That guy knew what it meant to write sci-fi and he knew what people wanted. As a kid I just loved it pure and simple with Kirk, Spock and the guys encountering weird and wonderful aliens and planets on a weekly basis, each one leaving them on the edge of death and each time with them escaping. Obviously someone always died but More

Review Of the Movie Splice

The movie world is the only place where the directors can go against the laws of science and physics and yet not be punished or prosecuted. Italian Director, Vincenzo Natali, known for world class graphics and animated movies, is out with yet another flick, Splice. And this time too, Natali has not broken any of the laws he established in his own world of animation. The story has a good preachy message- If you play with Mother Nature, all More