Melanie Roussel
Inside Black Mirror: Guardian Talk
I am a huge Black Mirror fan and have been since the first series. So when I heard Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, the creators of...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 30, 2018
- 4 min
The War of the Worlds Panic
Eighty years ago today, America was plunged into panic. But there's a twist to this story you've probably never heard. Orson Welles...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 29, 2018
- 3 min
Doctor Who 11.04 - Arachnids in the UK (Review)
Who's afraid of spiders? The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan have finally made their way back home, landing straight outside Yaz's family...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 26, 2018
- 3 min
Doctor Who 11.03 - Rosa (Review)
The episode which caused equal amounts of excitement and concern when it was announced, did Rosa deliver? First up, apologies that this...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 26, 2018
- 4 min
Why are kids evil?
What does The Midwich Cuckoos, The Omen and The Bad Seed have in common? Okay, so no one is saying that all kids are evil. But there...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 16, 2018
- 1 min
5# Fantasy Twitter Feeds You Should Be Following!
Looking for something fantastic? Here is a list of amazing Twitter accounts tweeting out all things fantasy. This list proved hard to...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 14, 2018
- 6 min
5# Super villains you were actually rooting for
It's a trope as old as time. Why did Sauron, Doctor Doom, Pinky and the Brain and Audrey II want to take over the world? Well, because...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 14, 2018
- 4 min
Doctor Who 11.02 - The Ghost Monument (Review)
The second episode of Doctor Who series 11 aired Sunday 14th October. Can someone explain to me what she's so sorry about? And where did...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 13, 2018
- 6 min
Short Story: A Spectral Revue by Melanie Roussel
There is nothing more tragic than the sight of a long-abandoned theatre. The old Acheron Theatre in the centre of the thriving city was...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 9, 2018
- 4 min
Doctor Who 11.01 - The Woman Who Fell to Earth (Review)
Last Sunday, the most important episode in Whovian history aired. What do we think of the new Doctor? Here are the positives, the...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 8, 2018
- 2 min
Sigourney Weaver: Queen of Sci-Fi
Sigourney Weaver, the Queen of Sci-Fi! Sigourney Weaver was the first actor to receive the Best Actress Oscar nomination for a sci-fi...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 1, 2018
- 4 min
The Turn of the Screw vs The Haunting of Hill House
I'll say it now - I'm almost positive that Shirley Jackson read Turn of the Screw and said 'I can do that but with repressed...
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 24, 2018
- 1 min
5# Sci-Fi Twitter Feeds You Should Be Following!
Are you missing a daily sci-fi fix in your Twitter feed? Here is a list of some of the many brilliant Twitter accounts tweeting out all...
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 4 min
Thanks Asimov, but what robots need is Shakespeare
With true Artificial Intelligence in our not too distant future, how to do we ensure we end up with Wall-E and not Skynet? In the...
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 2 min
Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher
MAY THE VERSE BE WITH YOU! You really don’t need much of an introduction – this is the Star Wars movie “A New Hope” rewritten in iambic...
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 2 min
The Glorious 25th of May
Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably priced love and a hard-boiled egg. Today is when we remember the People’s Revolution of the Glorious...
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 4 min
Terry Pratchett Hisworld at the Salisbury Museum
My review of the award-winning exhibition Terry Pratchett Hisworld at the Salisbury Museum. It was a beautiful exhibition and an...
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 3 min
Why Speculative Fiction is the inspirational genre
When I tell people I write speculative fiction, I usually get a blank look. I explain. The blank look turns into a small smile and a...
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 4 min
Identify your Dragon: Friend or Foe?
Do you have a dragon in the backyard you're having trouble identifying? Has it already burned down the shed and now you're wondering if...
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 17, 2018
- 4 min
Review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Philip K. Dick
The original story of Rick Deckard, android bounty hunter. How does it fair after all these years? This one has been on my list since I...
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