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The rise of Australian horror and the Oz Horror Mini-con

November 12, 2012
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We’ve had a first here in Australia this month. Our first single-genre horror convention, the Oz Horror Mini-con was a pre-cursor to the main Oz Horror Con 2013, to be held in January in Melbourne. Previously we’ve had multi-genre conventions, not least of all AussieCon 4 and World Con back in 2010. That was a …

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Review: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

November 12, 2012
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Don’t let the title of the recently released Resident Evil 6 fool you. Taking into account the various spin-offs and remakes that have shambled forth since the series’ birth in 1996, there are now close to two-dozen Resident Evil games . As well as the main instalments, the series now encompasses light-gun shooters, online co-op …

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News Round-up Week Ending 9 November

November 9, 2012
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Osama wins World Fantasy Award Lavie Tidhar has beaten off strong competition from George R R Martin and Stephen King to take home the World Fantasy Award for best novel. The award, presented in Toronto on 4 November is a huge coup for the author and the book which was published in paperback by Solaris. …

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Review: Osama by Lavie Tidhar

November 7, 2012
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Osama is a meta-fictional masterpiece that is quite unlike anything you will have ever read. Stop reading this review and get your hands on a copy now before anyone spoils it for you by trying to describe the characters, plot lines and themes in any conventional manner, which is simply an impossibility given the fluid …