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Edgar Rice Burroughs - A Princess of Mars. (John Carter)

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wonderful escapism in this first of the series. John Carter is our hero. A Southern American gentleman from Virginia. He is...



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Goodreads Review - Silver Turk (Doctor Who Audio)

Doctor Who: The Silver Turk by Marc Platt
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A rather exciting Gothic style eighth Doctor Who story. It is set in Vienna of 1876. The Doctor jumps his Tardis from Lake Geneva in...



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Peterloo - The Movie.

I have just watched the movie Peterloo on Amazon. It was a powerful film based on the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 in Manchester. It made me angry with the powerful ruling classes of the land. 
It...



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Benwick of the Fenland, Cambridgeshire.

The village of Benwick in the Fenland of Cambridgeshire. I rumble out to this place every other day via Chatteris, where I work most times. Benwick is a rather small village. If you blinked while...



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Back in the Fenland Garden Today.

You wake up in the morning and look out of the bedroom window at this. You have several days off and you think, "Yes, this works for me. Especially, on a day like this."
Everything is done and...



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Tranquil Hours in the Fenland Garden.

My wife, Carole, and I spent hours in the garden yesterday afternoon. I bought some beers and they were slipping down very easily. We put the world to rights with our small talk, but it did not...



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A View to a New Garden Pond.

Every time my wife and I do our pond, we sit back and decide to make it a little bigger. This is the third one. Now, we are thinking of railway sleepers around it to give a little more depth. We can...



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The Big Closet Science Fiction Geezer.

Closet Science Fiction Geezer. 


I'm a total geek when it comes to science fiction. I'm a closet sci-fi buff. My friends and workmates know nothing about this aspect of me. Perhaps some of them...



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Doctor Who: The Genocide Machine by Mike Tucker

Doctor Who: The Genocide Machine by Mike Tucker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Wonderfully atmospheric. A real trip down memory lane too. Sylvester McCoy's Doctor with Ace. A clever story of a grand and...



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Fifield Xenomorph Mutation (Deleted Scene) From Prometheus.

P R O M E T H E U S - Fifield Xenomorph Mutation (Deleted Scene)
I wished this part had not been deleted and watered down. It would have enhanced the movie a tad more. Prometheus is a fine prequel. A...



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