The Wertzone

Here's some more info on Beyond the Wall , the book of Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones essays I have contributed to. The fu...

In February 1942, the city of Singapore, defended by 80,000 British and Commonwealth troops, surrenders to the Japanese. The loss of Singapo...

Thanks to Calibandar on the Westeros.org board for pointing this out: The American Museum of Natural History has put together a video which ...

Way back in 1979, SF critics and editors Peter Nicholls and John Clute released the first edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . W...

Back in 2004, actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman took off on a trip from London to New York, travelling the 'long way round' b...

This is a bit of a first: my first non-fiction review on the blog. As I've said before, whilst the blog is dedicated mainly to SF&F ...