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Sibilant Fricative

Reviews of books and films, mostly science fictional, by Adam Roberts. That's all.

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Aug 2023 4
Sep 2023 0
Oct 2023 1
Nov 2023 3
Dec 2023 6
Jan 2024 1
Feb 2024 0
Mar 2024 1
Apr 2024 1
May 2024 1
Jun 2024 2
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Most recent posts

Tolkien and Scott: a Brief Note
David Demaret, 'Éowyn versus the Nazgul' (2019) Like everyone of his generation who read, Tolkien read Walter Scott (it’s really remarkable actually how far Scott has fallen, from being one of the most popular and …
On , by Adam Roberts, 441 words
What Is The Earliest "Egyptian Mummy" Story?
I have several times encountered the claim that the earliest story of undead mummies is Jane C. Loudon's The Mummy!: Or a Tale of the Twenty-Second Century (1827): a novel in which an Egyptian mummy …
On , by Adam Roberts, 2,462 words
Did Wells Read Kepler's "Somnium"?
It seems as if the answer must be: yes, because Wells uses a quotation from Kepler as the epigraph to War of the Worlds (1898), and incorporates references to the Somnium into The First Men …
On , by Adam Roberts, 1,950 words