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July 24, 2018
Alasdair Stuart on Dreams Before the Start of Time
July 24, 2018Brian Aldiss’ original definition of cosy catastrophe is this: “The essence of cosy catastrophe, is that the hero should...
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July 9, 2018
Alasdair Stuart Reviews Sea of Rust
July 9, 2018Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill, follows Brittle, a veteran of the final war between humanity and Artificial...
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July 4, 2018
Alasdair Stuart Reviews American War
July 4, 2018Reading American War directly after Borne is an interesting experience, if not exactly a cheerful one. Where Vandermeer’s novel...
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June 28, 2018
Panel Review: Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar
June 28, 2018Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar (Little Brown) Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his...
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June 26, 2018
Panel Review: American War by Omar El Akkad
June 26, 2018American War by Omar El Akkad (Picador) An audacious and powerful debut novel: a second American Civil War, a...
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May 11, 2018
Alasdair Stuart Reviews Water & Glass
May 11, 2018In an interview shortly after the release of the movie, Cloverfield scriptwriter Drew Goddard talked at length about a...
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April 17, 2018
Compass Bearings: Alasdair Stuart’s Picks
April 17, 2018I really liked the thought process Nick talked about in his Reading List piece, and how the books he’s...
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January 30, 2018
Introducing Alasdair Stuart
January 30, 2018By Alasdair Stuart * Magic tricks are stories with applause at the end. They are structured like jokes, designed...