Book Review: The Chronicles of Blarnia - Michael Gerber

Title: THE CHRONICLES OF BLARNIA Publisher: Gollancz Author: Michael Gerber ISBN: 0-575-07816-2 264 pages Reviewed by: Adam Donnison Pete, Sue, Ed and Loo are sold by their parents for medical research, but in trying to find a way to escape from their… more »

Book Review: Galactic North - Alastair Reynolds

Title: GALACTIC NORTH Publisher: Gollancz Author: Alastair Reynolds ISBN: 0-575-07911-8 343 pages Reviewed by: Adam Donnison Humanity has reached the stars, taking with it all of its petty jealousies and its capacity for self destruction, along with its… more »

dotProject 2.1 release candidate 1 is out

dotProject 2.1 RC 1 has been released. This is primarily a bug fix release but with so many changes and code cleanups and minor enhancements that we figured we may as well up the release number. Note that this is a Release Candidate. I.e. it is not… more »

Fairfax sells out to Microsoft?

I know, a little provocative, but it got your attention. Last week Vista was released with much fanfare in Australia. Big news items in most of the daily rags, and plenty of television and internet advertising. There was an incident, however, that… more »

Book Review: Rurouni Kenshin 10 - Nobuhiro Watsuki

Title: RUROUNI KENSHIN VOLUME 10 Author and Artist: Nobuhiro Watsuki ISBN: 0575080000 Publisher: Gollancz Manga Pages: 190 Reviewed By: Adam Donnison Kenshin is Rurouni or wanderer, but formerly hitokiri, or assassin but now wears the sakabato, the… more »

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