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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
MacLeod's theories about conspiracy and other marvels
Science-fiction round up with MAT COWARD
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
As a teenager living in a near-future Scotland, Ryan has a very close encounter with an unidentified flying object in Descent by Ken MacLeod (Orbit, £19.99).
Being a scientifically minded boy, he doesn't immediately assume that he has tangled with aliens. He's read deeply in the literature of ufology and knows there are many less extraordinary explanations for the things people see in the skies.
But if the authorities have nothing to cover-up, then why is he being visited by what are unmistakably Men In Black?
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