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The acclaimed anthology show Black Mirror returns for a second series of three episodes on Channel 4 at 10pm on 11 February, and in the next issue of SFX (#232, out next Wednesday) we have a major interview with writer/creator Charlie Brooker in which he goes into detail about each …

Lost Girl 3.04 “Fae-de To Black” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 3.04 Written by: Alexandra Zarowny Directed by: Ron Murphy THE ONE WHERE Bo goes undercover as a therapist to find out why humans are committing suicide in strange ways – and her mission becomes desperate when Dyson …

(opens in new tab) So, buried in a Variety article about the shifting power of various Warner Bros execs is this little gem: “Stakes are high for Man Of Steel . Other than Nolan’s Batpics, Warners has not been able to effectively exploit the DC library. Its 2011 Green Lantern …

(opens in new tab) The universally-acclaimed and brilliantly inventive time travel movie Looper , starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the same man (one of them has to assassinate the other) is out on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday 28 January. SFX managed to grab a chat with the …

Adam Roberts is one of the most consistently inventive voices working in modern science fiction. His work ranges from playful parodies released under a pseudonym to books that take the basic principles of science fiction and do something genuinely surprising with them. For example, Yellow Blue Tibia is the story …

Haven 3.12 “Reunion” TV REVIEW Episode 3.12 Writers: Gabrielle Stanton Director: Lee Rose THE ONE WHERE A troubled man turns his old high school nemeses back into teenagers when murdering them, and the Skinwalker is revealed to be Arla, the Colorado Kid’s troubled wife. VERDICT In the arc-heavy second half …

Throne Of The Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed book review: The Doctor will kill you now. It’s easy to agree with Lies Of Locke Lamora author Scott Lynch when he says that Throne of The Crescent Moon “buoyantly fails to suck”. Another ho-hum, medieval backdrop would have sucked. Prophecies would …

Wool by Hugh Howey book review : Buy it and you won’t feel fleeced. In today’s dystopia-crazy book world, the only real surprise about the “underground, enclosed society” subgenre making a comeback is that it’s taken quite so long. Ever since the nuclear paranoia of the ‘50s, SF has regularly …

Primeval: New World 1.02 “The New World” REVIEW Episode 1.02 Writers: Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens Director: Andy Mikita THE ONE WHERE A giant sea serpent eats a couple pipeline workers near First-Nations territory; Dylan is officially recruited to the team. VERDICT Just remember: if you think you’re about to be …

Starfleet meets the Canadian Space Agency, Simon Pegg’s severed head and Nathan Fillion’s method for coping with the end of Firefly , all in the latest Tweets Of The Week (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) There are plenty of things wrong with Twitter. The relentless, ever-changing list …