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Cosa vuol dire streaming: piattaforme gratis e a pagamento

Cos’è lo streaming? Soprattutto, cosa serve? Quali sono le piattaforme gratis e quali a pagamento? Differenze e similitudini. (more…)

Book review of Hidden Empire (Book one of The Saga of Seven Suns) by Kevin J. Anderson

This review of Hidden Empire (Book one of The Saga of Seven Suns) by Kevin J. Anderson was written in 2002 for the website Infinity Plus.

Earthlight, 2002, £17.99, 679pp, ISBN 0-7342-2045-5

If by some amazing chance you’ve just arrived at the Infinity Plus review pages as an sf virgin looking for a book to really turn you on to reading sf then skip this review. Hidden Empire, book one of The…

Book review of Mockymen by Ian Watson

This review of Mockymen by Ian Watson was written in 2005 for the website Infinity Plus.

Immanion Press, 2004, £12.99, 330pp, ISBN 1-9048-5312-9

Ian Watson has been regularly writing books (and, more importantly, getting them published) since before I was born, so I was faintly surprised not to have come across any of them before. Having read MockymenI now feel slightly guilty about this fact:…

Book review of The Dragons of Springplace by Robert Reed

This review of The Dragons of Springplace by Robert Reed was written in (I think) 2000 for the website Infinity Plus. It may be the second review I ever wrote for publication.

Golden Gryphon, 1999, $23.95, 312 pages, hardback

At long last, one of those all-too rare moments that makes being a reviewer worthwhile. The Dragons of Springplaceis an exceptional book, a collection of short stories by a…

Book review of Project Orion by George Dyson

This review of Project Orion by George Dyson was written in 2002 for the website Infinity Plus.

The Penguin Press, 2002, £12.99, 345pp, ISBN 0-713-992-670

Project Orion is based upon an intriguing but simple premise: following the success of the Manhattan Projectin 1945 a whole host of brilliant young physicists and engineers are at something of a loose end. Some of them, carried away at the…

Book review of City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer

This review of City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer was written in 2005 for the website Infinity Plus. Having just watched the excellent film of Mr VanderMeer’s Annihilation I thought I’d repost this review. Tor, 2005, £6.99, 496pp, ISBN 0-330-41893-9 Ambergris is a fictional city teetering on the brink of meta-fictionality, brimming with strangeness, yet padded with enough nitpicking…

Book review of Rainbow Bridge by Gwyneth Jones

This book review of Rainbow Bridge (book #5 of the Bold As Love series) by Gwyneth Jones was written in 2006 for the website Infinity Plus.   Gollancz, 2006, £12.99, 374pp, ISBN 0-575-07715-8 See also my review of Midnight Lamp. When we last saw them, the Triumvirate – Ax, Sage and Fiorinda – were at their lowest ebb. Following an incredible and utterly unstoppable invasion by the newly ascendant…

Book review of Midnight Lamp by Gwyneth Jones

This book review of Midnight Lamp by Gwyneth Jones was written in 2003 for the website Infinity Plus. Gollancz, 2003, £17.99, 326pp, ISBN 0575074701 A: So what are you reading at the moment, man? B: Funny you should ask, dude, because I’ve just finished something you’d probably love, being a bit of a music fan and everything. A: I bet it’s science fiction, isn’t it? B: Hey, no, wait a minute;…