Book Reviews
09:29 - 04 March 2010
HAVING worked as an undercover cop for the last 10 years, Sean Egan is used to life on the edge. He s recently infiltrated one of London s most dangerous criminal gangs, and they want him for a very special job – the daring abduction from police custody o... Full Story »
09:17 - 03 March 2010
SHORTLISTED for this year s Booker Prize Little Stranger is a supernatural tale and a fascinating portrait of the demise of the landed gentry, likened to such classics as Brideshead Revisited and Rebecca. It is narrated by a doctor, who is a rather dreary... Read More »
11:18 - 18 February 2010
Written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Leonard Kirk et al HAVING had the pleasure of meeting series creator Paul Cornell recently, what immediately comes across is his passion and enthusiasm for this project, which makes it even more depressing that poor... Read More »
11:17 - 18 February 2010
Written by Jim Starlin, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson IN the wake of character-defining series The Dark Knight and Year One, set in his future and past respectively, the Batman faced his greatest modern-day challenge in the form of charismatic shaman De... Read More »
11:16 - 18 February 2010
Written by Peter Milligan, illustrated by Chris Bachelo and Mark Pennington TORN from his home in the Meta dimension in order to bring Earth s bubbling insanity under control, Rac Shade possesses the body of serial killer Troy Grenzer at the point of exec... Read More »
11:15 - 18 February 2010
Written by Peter Milligan, illustrated by Chris Bachelo and Mark Pennington DEVELOPING the themes and characters established in the first explosive volume of Shade, this follow-up continues the protagonists struggle against the dark force of the American... Read More »
09:53 - 28 January 2010
JUST when you thought you d seen the last of the 10th Doctor, David Tennant returns for a final hurrah in this exclusive audio adventure… Travelling alone, the Doctor has just arrived on board the maiden voyage of a pioneering space cruiser travelling fro... Read More »
09:52 - 28 January 2010
AS the world shivers beneath the grip of a new ice age, with advancing glaciers threatening to destroy civilisation, the TARDIS brings the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria to a remote English scientific base, where an ancient creature has been unearthed in the... Read More »
09:51 - 28 January 2010
THE return of Doctor Who to British TV screens in 2005 was always going to be a big deal, but nobody at the time could have predicted quite how extraordinary its success was going to be. What could have ended up as a short-lived nostalgia trip has exceede... Read More »
09:50 - 28 January 2010
THE best-selling author of Q&A – filmed as Slumdog Millionaire – returns with his follow-up novel in this full-cast Radio 4 drama, recorded on location in India and featuring Rajit Kapur Zafar Karachiwala and Radhika Mital. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a p... Read More »
09:48 - 28 January 2010
SIMON Russell Beale stars as George Smiley, one of fiction s greatest characters, in this new all-star Radio 4 dramatisation of John Le Carre s classic spy thriller, part of a comprehensive series of adaptations of the complete Smiley novels. With retirem... Read More »
15:44 - 07 January 2010
IN the early years of the 31st century, gifted teenagers from myriad worlds inspired by the legacy of the Man of Steel unite to form the Legion of Superheroes, an independent peace-keeping force pledged to maintain order over the galaxy. It is a pattern r... Read More »
15:43 - 07 January 2010
OUTSPOKEN TV news reporter Vic Sage hides his public face beneath the blank facade of The Question, a ruthless vigilante tackling the deep-set corruption inherent in Hub City, in one of the most highly-acclaimed comics series of the 1980s. The man withou... Read More »
15:43 - 07 January 2010
A SPIN-off from the successful Fables series, which featured exiled fairy tale characters living in modern day New York, JoF focuses on the adventures of the most famous Fable of them all, the hero also known as Jack the Giant Killer, Jack Horner, Jack Fr... Read More »
12:14 - 24 December 2009
AND so just as we were getting used to Tom Baker once again taking on the role of the Fourth Doctor, his quintet of all-new adventures comes to an end. Out of all the stories, this final volume highlights the fact that Mike (Richard Franklin) Yates is a n... Read More »
12:10 - 24 December 2009
CONTINUING the linked series of audio stories which have seen Tom Baker return to the role of the Fourth Doctor after more than 25 years… In this latest instalment, the Doctor arrives in 11th century Northumbria, a bleak midwinter where ferocious wild dog... Read More »
12:42 - 17 December 2009
RARELY does the action, pace and interaction of a popular video game translate well onto the printed page. Fortunately for fans of the award-winning, smash hit Gears of War series, this is not only the exception but it also stands alone as a highly accomp... Read More »
12:41 - 17 December 2009
PERHAPS little known to mainstream audiences outside of his appearance in the recent Wolverine movie, Deadpool is actually one of the most successful comics characters of the 1990s, with several long-running series to his credit. This volume collects some... Read More »
12:40 - 17 December 2009
IN 1985, DC Comics eliminated its concept of multiple Earths occupied by a variety of superheroes, replacing it with one single universe because they believed both fans and creators found the original concept too confusing. In 2005 the multiverse was resu... Read More »
12:39 - 17 December 2009
WRITTEN to be read alongside the main BFTC volume, this is a collection of stories featuring some of the other inhabitants of Batman s world, and how the loss of their comrade or adversary impacts on their way of life. There may be a host of new heroes in... Read More »
12:39 - 17 December 2009
THE Dark Knight is apparently dead, slain by the evil Darkseid in the midst of a desperate battle to save all of reality from destruction (see Batman: RIP and Final Crisis for more). With Gotham City seemingly abandoned by its protector, chaos breaks out... Read More »
12:38 - 17 December 2009
IN the dying days of World War II, SS officer Heinrich Augsburg is killed on the Eastern front, only to be reborn in the corrupt and twisted reality that is Resurrection, where evil souls are brought back to life as monsters, growing younger instead of ol... Read More »
12:37 - 17 December 2009
THE second volume in Mills and Ledroit s epic vampire saga finds Requiem continuing to search for the secrets of his past, while also struggling to understand his connection to the vampire lord Dracula. He must also survive an attack by the demon Charnel... Read More »
13:44 - 26 November 2009
IDEAL for younger children, VTech s In the Night Garden Sing & Slide Nursery Book (£16.99) makes a magical first Christmas gift. Suitable for children six months and above, this book enters the enchanting world of In the Night Garden, developing listening... Read More »
13:44 - 26 November 2009
EVER wondered how to construct your family tree if five of your kids have different fathers? Then this is the book for you. The Have I Got News for You: Guide to Modern Britain (£9.99) answers some of life s most topical questions, guaranteeing to put a s... Read More »