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A gripping account of the community wealth-building scheme that turned a hard-up city’s fortunes aroundThe Lancashire city of Preston, originator of artisans’ gui […]

The stories of an early aviator and a 21st-century Hollywood star are deftly woven into an intricate, satisfying narrativeThe early history of aviation is full of […]

  The Boys Superheroes are bad actually. The Boys starts when Robin, Hughie’s girlfriend, is killed by A-Train, the fastest man in the world. He runs right t […]

I post this audio file of me talking to Douglas Adams in 1988.https://forbiddenplanet.com/posts/forbidden-planet-42-douglas-adams/

I’m not coming up with anyone, really. There are writers I like as people even if I’m not a fan of their writing. There are writers whose writing I love, but I wou […]

There were dozens of them. The weirdest thing about seeing the occasional threads where people post them is I’d see ones I’d long forgotten.

Makumbi wins book of the year for her novel The First Woman, while Lawrence takes inaugural children’s books prize for Eight Pieces of SilvaJennifer Nansubuga M […]

Collection of rare books and manuscripts first assembled by Charlotte Brontë’s widower has been out of public view for nearly a centuryAn “incredibly rare” handwr […]

Lai’s debut graphic novel is a downbeat but moving exploration of the aftermath of a relationshipLee Lai’s graphic novel, Stone Fruit, named after a nectarine on […]

 Monster of the Week 74 is BackdoorPilot, you thought they were a minor character, they have a lot going on, maybe look into it, in fact their story is more […]

Mohamed illuminates the inner life of a Somali sailor in 1950s Wales hanged for a crime he did not commit in this poignant retelling of a shameful eventFollowing […]

I do. Still marvelling at the idea of doing a SubTarantino story as a commedia del arte Harlequinade.

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The fallen hero of this intriguing work does not seem all that demonicLucifer Takes a BreakHe stirs sugar into black, watching white crystalstransluce. He rolls a […]

Based on his experiences in corporate America, Askaripour’s satirical debut Black Buck is a bestseller. He talks about success, empathy and m […]

This Is How You Remember by Phong Quan on Cast Of Wonders There was a war out in space. Aliens had attacked Earth and then took Old Beijing with them. The […]

The trans woman’s account of her eventful adolescence in the 00s is black comedy from a fresh perspectiveAre the early 00s distant enough to be considered a b […]

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Your headcanon is your headcanon. The characters in your mind are what they are, and nobody is trying to take them away from you. Think of the Good […]

I first read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood about 10 years ago and recently reread it followed by the long-awaited sequel The Testaments. Atwood’s dysto […]

The row over a new biography of Philip Roth has exposed the way agents and estates restrict access and manage archives to maintain a writer’s posthumous good n […]