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NOS-4R2 by Joe Hill – review

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Jeff VanderMeer

A big, nostalgic homage to the horror doorstoppers of the late 80s offers little beyond escapism but does that wellOver the course of his career, Joe Hill has displayed a great talent for revitalising classic horror tropes. His third novel, … Continue reading →

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This House is Haunted, by John Boyne – review

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Anita Sethi

A Victorian governess confronts ghosts as she tries to come to terms with her father’s death in a wonderfully creepy novelIt is 1867, London, and Charles Dickens is giving a reading near the house of 21-year-old Eliza Caine and her … Continue reading →

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When horror stopped being supernatural

Posted on May 16, 2013 by David Barnett

How afraid should we be for scary reading now that fiction’s monsters are being reinvented as worldly threats?It’s a cliché to say that Author W does for Subject X what Author Y did for Subject Z. But it was one … Continue reading →

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Gemma Arterton: ‘Our house was a bit Ab Fab at times’

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Tim Lewis

The English actress on going clubbing with her mum, her new role in a ‘neo-feminist vampire movie’ and why she has no regrets about playing Bond girl Strawberry FieldsThe first time we see Gemma Arterton in her new film, Byzantium, … Continue reading →

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Rereading Stephen King’s Skeleton Crew

Posted on May 8, 2013 by James Smythe

Three stories in this collection of truly terrifying tales impressed me so much I stole the concepts for my own writing – and I’m not the only author to do soRevisiting any book that means something to you is hard, … Continue reading →

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Rereading Stephen King

Posted on April 16, 2013 by James Smythe

The last time Richard Bachman and Stephen King were thought to be different writers, and King’s signature is becoming ever clearer in its storyRichard Bachman could only have lived so long, I suppose. His voice – rich in language, nasty … Continue reading →

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The best young novelists – from SF’s universe

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Damien Walter

Speculative fiction can provide an equally inspiring set of young literary stars as Granta’s latest listThe relationship between the literary and speculative fiction genres is like the episode of original Star Trek where Captain Kirk is teleported in to an … Continue reading →

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Basil Copper obituary

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Stephen Jones

Author of supernatural fiction and popular detective novelsAlthough Basil Copper, who has died aged 89 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, was best known as an author of macabre short stories and novels, he also wrote two popular detective series, set … Continue reading →

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The Quickening by Julie Myerson – review

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Louise Doughty

Julie Myerson’s venture into genre fiction will please horror enthusiasts and her regular readers alikeThere is a perennial debate that occurs in the literary world, as regular as spring tulips but a good deal more frequent, concerning the thorny issue … Continue reading →

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Book reviews roundup: Lean In, The Quickening and Confronting the Classics

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk

What the critics thought of: Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, Julie Myerson’s The Quickening and Mary Beard’s Confronting the Classics”It may sound a little grandiose to say that Lean In represents a turning point in the feminist debate; but it does. … Continue reading →

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