Carl Sagan has a lot to answer for. In 1980, the famous astronomer and rationalist (Dawkins would have loved him) wrote the book and TV seri...

It strikes me that there are certain kinds of ‘supernatural’ occurrences or superstitions that most people take more seriously than others. ...

One of the great common archetypes of Empire-themed fiction (and reality) is the civilized white man who immerses himself in some alien cult...

A strange and unsettling thing began to occur during the early 1970’s- the term ‘paranormal’ began to replace the older word ‘supernatural’....

The British Empire- as some wit once said (probably a Belgian, too)- was acquired in a sort of ‘fit of absence of mind’. In this volume of o...

If it goes without saying that the British Empire is a great setting for tales of adventure and derring-do (and it should), then it must als...

There's one very good reason why I have not yet tackled reviewing the Wells/Verne oeuvre of 19th century early science fiction, and it...