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Touch 1.13 “The Road Not Taken” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 1.13 Writer: Melinda Hsu Taylor Director: Nelson McCormick THE ONE WHERE Martin and Jake wind up investigating an attempt on a journalist’s life when their car breaks down in Martin’s old home town. VERDICT You’d be forgiven …

Teen Wolf 2.08 “Raving” REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.08 Writer: Jeff Davis Director: Russell Mulcahy THE ONE WHERE The Kanima goes after his next target, Allison tells Chris the truth about Jackson and the cast head to a secret rave where things get a little out of hand. …

Episode 2.07 Writers: Bradley Thompson & David Weddle Director: Holly Dale THE ONE WHERE When the 2 nd Mass take an Overlord captive they find themselves under siege from without and within… THE VERDICT Falling Skies absolutely raises its game with this one. What threatens to be a replay of …

Alphas 2.03 “Alpha Dogs” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.02 Writer: Eric Tuchman Director: Nick Copus THE ONE WHERE When the team investigate a body burned with acidic saliva, they uncover a subterranean Alpha fight club. VERDICT Alphas goes all Fight Club on us this week, although it’s …

Sometimes you wonder what the marketing team was smoking. The blurb for this smart and affecting debut novel, for example, chirps, “Will appeal to fans of George RR Martin and Christopher Paolini!” It’s difficult to imagine two fantasy authors who have less in common with each other – or, on …

If you can count Sir Terry Pratchett as one of your fans, then you’re obviously doing something right. Michael Logan’s debut novel was the (joint) winner of Pratchett’s inaugural Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now award, and made the great man “snort with laughter”. Lesley McBrien is a journalist on …

Episode 4.21 Writers JH Wyman, Jeff Pinkner, Akiva Goldsman Director Joe Chappelle THE ONE WHERE Cases of spontaneous combustion in a shopping mall lead to multiple revelations: William Bell lives! David Robert Jones dies! Olivia’s psychic powers start to grow! Astrid gets shot! UNIVERSE Over here – orange credits. VERDICT …

The One Where: Joffrey asserts his dominance at court, Robb learns the realities of war and Arya gets an unexpected new job. Verdict: Of all the things that could feasibly pop out of a vagina, a gooey black smoke monster is inarguably the worst possible result. I’d like to see …

Abortion outlawed, sexually active women vilified, religion enshrined in government… Hillary Jordan has certainly been watching the news. This is a near-future dystopia with a strong emphasis on the near, despite the technological advances described. Hannah Payne wakes up in prison and finds she is red. Not metaphorically – the …

First published in the US in 2010 by Small Beer Press, Karen Lord’s debut novel uses Senegalese folklore to weave an energetic and self-aware story of food, family and mischievous djombi spirits causing chaos. In many ways, this is less a novel than a jumbled heap of Story. It’s unified …