Supernatural - Hellmouth and nearly tied up loose ends

Call it what you will, the boys shut a hellmouth.
That’s being slightly churlish though since the creators have set up a fine ending though. Even the get out of jail card free card wasn’t entirely played and the balance is still there but what Dean now he’s made his deal? They’ve destroyed the demon who [...]

Another part of Cory Doctrow’s world is true?

In Someone Comes to Town, Kurt goes scavenging in bins for bits to build the free network. In the pullout New York Times, there was a brief article about the Freegans. Essentially they do the same and recycle most of the stuff that we throw out.
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Two Cultures? - Shaking the snow globe again

In today’s Observer review, there is an article about the nature of the two cultures - science and art - and whether they are becoming further apart.
It would appear on the surface that this is happening, partially through politics, partially through the religious impulse of creationsim and perhaps some from the failure of teacher to [...]

Land of the Headless by Adam Roberts reviewed

This is the book that I have been waiting for Adam to write since I read Salt. It mixes his high concepts with his professional life as a Professor of Nineteenth century literature. Land of the Headless is a wonderfully concise yet rich novel.

Jon Cavaler is beheaded for rape and adultery, so becoming one of [...]

Mountains in space - Hilldiggers by Neal Asher reviewed

Hilldiggers is perhaps an odd book for Neal Asher. He has moved away from the Polity, though it remains in background, and has created what may be his most political novel yet.

Brumal and Sudoria have been caught in an interplanetary war for years, a stagnating affair, the balance of which is tipped by the [...]