Colin Bird
Articles
Books of the Year
Vector, Mar 1999
Books of the Year - 1999
Vector, Mar 2000
Books of the Year - 2001
Vector, Mar 2002
Books of the Year - 2002
Vector, Mar 2003
Books of the Year - 2003
Vector, Mar 2004
Film Reviews
Day of the Dead
Matrix, Dec 1986
Dreamscape
Matrix, Feb 1985
Evil Dead II
Matrix, Aug 1987
Fright Night; Return of the Living Dead; Reanimator
Matrix, Aug 1986
The Philadelphia Experiment
Matrix, Dec 1984
Robocop
Matrix, Apr 1988
Shock Xpress Xploitation Film Festival - 1-2 August, The Scala
Matrix, Oct 1987
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Matrix, Jun 1987
Videos (Brainstorm; The Twilight Zone; Metalstorm)
Matrix, Aug 1984
The Witches of Eastwick
Matrix, Dec 1987
Letters
Matrix, Aug 1987
Book Reviews
Adulthood Rites: Xenogenesis 2
- Octavia E. Butler
Paperback Inferno, Feb 1990
Alone with the Horrors
- Ramsey Campbell
Vector, Nov 1994
Amy Girl
- Bari Wood
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1989
An Alien Light
- Nancy Kress
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1990
An Exchange of Hostages
- Susan R. Matthews
Vector, Nov 1997
Angelmass
- Timothy Zahn
Vector, Nov 2001
Artifact
- Gregory Benford
Vector, Sep 2001
Batman vs. Predator 2: Bloodmatch
- Doug Moench
& Paul Gulacy
& Terry Austin
Vector Review
Supplement, Aug 1996
Batman: The Last Arkham
- Alan Grant
& Norm Breyfogle
Vector Review
Supplement, Aug 1996
Behemoth: B-Max
- Peter Watts
Vector, Jan 2005
Behemoth: Seppuku
- Peter Watts
Vector, May 2005
Beyond the Blue Moon
- Simon R. Green
Vector, Mar 2001
Beyond the Pale
- Mark Anthony
Vector, May 1999
Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Robot Slaves
- Harry Harrison
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1991
The Black Dragon
- Chris Claremont
& John Bolton
Vector, Nov 1996
Bloom
- Wil McCarthy
Vector, Sep 1999
Blue Moon Rising
- Simon R. Green
Vector, Mar 2001
Body Mortgage
- Richard Engling
Paperback Inferno, Aug 1990
The Book of Ultimate Truths
- Robert Rankin
Vector, Jun 1994
Boundaries
- T. M. Wright
Vector, Oct 1992
Bug Jack Barron
- Norman Spinrad
Vector, Mar 2000
The Bureau of Lost Souls
- Christopher Fowler
Paperback Inferno, Dec 1990
Burial
- Graham Masterton
Vector, Apr 1993
Burying the Shadow
- Storm Constantine
Vector, Dec 1992
Cards of Grief
- Jane Yolen
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1987
Carrion Comfort
- Dan Simmons
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1991
A Child Across the Sky
- Jonathan Carroll
Paperback Inferno, Feb 1991
Chimera
- Will Shetterly
Vector, Nov 2000
Citadel
- Philip G. Williamson
Vector, Sep 1996
The Clock of Dreams
- Brian Lumley
Vector, Dec 1992
Code Noir
- Marianne De Pierres
Vector, Sep 2004
Contraband
- George Foy
Vector, Jul 1998
Creed
- James Herbert
Paperback Inferno, Oct 1991
Dark As Day
- Charles Sheffield
Vector, Jul 2002
The Dark Descent III: A Fabulous, Formless Darkness (Edited)
- David G. Hartwell
Paperback Inferno, Aug 1992
The Dark Descent: The Colour of Evil (Edited)
- David G. Hartwell
Paperback Inferno, Oct 1991
The Dark Descent: The Medusa in the Shield (Edited)
- David G. Hartwell
Paperback Inferno, Dec 1991
Dark Fantasies (Edited)
- Chris Morgan
Paperback Inferno, Feb 1991
Dawn: Exogenesis 1
- Octavia E. Butler
Paperback Inferno, Oct 1988
Deja Vu
- Ian Hocking
Vector, Sep 2005
The Destroying Angel
- Bernard King
Paperback Inferno, Oct 1987
Diplomatic Immunity
- Lois McMaster Bujold
Vector, May 2004
Dog Wizards
- Barbara Hambly
Vector, Dec 1993
Dolores Claiborne
- Stephen King
Vector, Apr 1993
Double Planet
- John Gribbin
& Marcus Chown
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1990
Down Among the Dead Men
- Simon R. Green
Vector, Dec 1993
Dream Demon
- Anne Billson
Paperback Inferno, Oct 1989
Eater
- Gregory Benford
Vector, Mar 2001
Egypt Green
- Christopher Hyde
Paperback Inferno, Feb 1991
The Emperor of Earth-Above
- Sheila Gilluly
Vector, Apr 1994
Escape Plus
- Ben Bova
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1988
The Escapist
- James Morris
Vector, Sep 2005
The Eternal
- Mark Chadbourn
Vector, Jan 1997
The Ethos Effect
- L. E. Modesitt, Jr
Vector, Mar 2005
Exile
- Michael P. Kube-McDowell
Vector, Feb 1993
Expendable
- James Alan Gardner
Vector, Nov 1997
Fairyland
- Paul J. McAuley
Vector, Jan 1997
Falling Stars
- Michael F. Flynn
Vector, May 2001
Fevre Dream
- George R. R. Martin
Paperback Inferno, Oct 1989
A Fire Upon the Deep
- Vernor Vinge
Vector, Oct 1993
Freak
- Martin Burnell
Vector, Spr 1995
Freeze Frames
- Katharine Kerr
Vector, Sum 1995
The Gates of Thorbardin
- Dan Parkinson
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1991
The Getaway Special
- Jerry Oltion
Vector, Mar 2002
The Golden
- Lucius Shepard
Vector, Apr 1994
Greenbriar Queen
- Sheila Gilluly
Paperback Inferno, Feb 1991
Hawk & Fisher 2: Fear and Loathing in Haven
- Simon R. Green
Vector, Sep 2000
Hear the Children Calling
- Clare McNally
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1991
Hell's Horizon
- Darren O'Shaughnessy
Vector, Jul 2000
Hotwire
- Simon Ings
Vector, Sum 1995
The House on the Borderland
- William Hope Hodgson
Paperback Inferno, Aug 1990
Identifying the Object
- Gwyneth Jones
Vector, Jun 1994
In the Ocean of Night
- Gregory Benford
Vector, Sep 1997
Incompetence
- Rob Grant
Vector, Mar 2004
The Influence
- Ramsey Campbell
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1989
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Jules Verne
Vector, Mar 1999
Jurassic Park
- Michael Crichton
Vector, Aug 1993
The Keep of Fire
- Mark Anthony
Vector, Jan 2000
Kidnapped by Cannibals
- Dr Gordon Stables
Vector, Mar 1999
The Kif Strike Back
- C. J. Cherryh
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1988
The King of Dreams
- Robert Silverberg
Vector, Sep 2001
Legacy
- Greg Bear
Vector Review
Supplement, Aug 1996
Lifeburst
- Jack Williamson
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1987
Lightning
- Dean R. Koontz
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1989
Limbo Search
- Parke Godwin
Vector, Dec 1995
The Line of Polity
- Neal Asher
Vector, May 2003
Lodestar
- Michael F. Flynn
Vector, Jul 2000
Lowland Rider
- Chet Williamson
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1989
Mall Time
- Chaz Brenchley
Vector, Feb 1993
The Mammoth Book of Terror (Edited)
- Stephen Jones
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1991
A Matter of Oaths
- Helen Wright
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1989
Memory
- Lois McMaster Bujold
Vector, Sep 1998
Mirror Dance
- Lois McMaster Bujold
Vector, Dec 1995
Moonblood
- Philip G. Williamson
Vector, Aug 1994
The Moorstone Sickness
- Bernard Taylor
Paperback Inferno, Aug 1990
The Movement of Mountains
- Michael Blumlein
Paperback Inferno, Dec 1989
Neverness
- David Zindell
Paperback Inferno, Aug 1990
Night Terrors (Edited)
- Charles Grant
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1990
Nine Tomorrows
- Isaac Asimov
Paperback Inferno, Feb 1987
Northern Suns (Edited)
- David G. Hartwell
& Glenn Grant
Vector, Jul 1999
Nuclear Man - Naman
- Sophia Snape
Vector, May 1998
Nylon Angel
- Marianne de Pierres
Vector, Jan 2004
Obsession
- Ramsey Campbell
Paperback Inferno, Dec 1986
Oktober
- Stephen Gallagher
Paperback Inferno, Dec 1989
The Orchard
- Charles L. Grant
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1989
Othersyde
- J. Michael Straczynski
Paperback Inferno, Feb 1992
Past Times
- Poul Anderson
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1987
Phule's Company
- Robert Lynn Asprin
Paperback Inferno, Oct 1991
The Pixel Eye
- Paul Levinson
Vector, Nov 2003
The Planet on the Table
- Kim Stanley Robinson
Paperback Inferno, Oct 1987
The Plenty Principle
- Colin Greenland
Vector, May 1997
Prime Evil (Edited)
- Douglas E. Winter
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1990
Reach for Tomorrow
- Arthur C. Clarke
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1990
Rebel Sutra
- Shariann Lewitt
Vector, Jan 2001
Red Dust
- Paul J. McAuley
Vector, Spr 1995
The Return of Santiago
- Mike Resnick
Vector, Jul 2003
Return to Eden
- Harry Harrison
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1990
Rise of the Robots
- Jim Murdoch
Vector, Spr 1995
Ritual
- Graham Masterton
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1990
Rogue Star
- Michael F. Flynn
Vector, Mar 1998
The Runes of War
- Jane Welch
Vector, Feb 1996
Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death
- Ramsey Campbell
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1991
Settling Accounts: Return Engagement
- Harry Turtledove
Vector, Jan 2005
Shadows II (Edited)
- Charles L. Grant
Paperback Inferno, Feb 1988
Sharper Knives
- Christopher Fowler
Vector, Apr 1993
Shatter
- John Farris
Paperback Inferno, Dec 1990
She
- H. Rider Haggard
Vector, Mar 1999
She is the Darkness
- Glen Cook
Vector, Mar 1998
Skin of the Soul (Edited)
- Lisa Tuttle
Paperback Inferno, Aug 1990
The Sky Lords
- John Brosnan
Paperback Inferno, Oct 1989
The Slime Beast
- Guy N. Smith
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1990
Song of Kali
- Dan Simmons
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1991
Soulstorm
- Chet Williamson
Paperback Inferno, Apr 1988
Sovereign
- R. M. Meluch
Paperback Inferno, Feb 1987
Speaking Dreams
- Severna Park
Vector, Nov 1997
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted
- Harry Harrison
Paperback Inferno, Oct 1988
The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell
- Harry Harrison
Vector, Jul 1997
The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge
- Harry Harrison
Vector, Jul 1997
The Stainless Steel Rat
- Harry Harrison
Vector, Jul 1997
Star Dancer
- Fay Sampson
Vector, Feb 1994
Star Risk
- Chris Bunch
Vector, Sep 2006
Star Risk: The Scoundrel of Worlds
- Chris Bunch
Vector, Sep 2006
Star Wartz
- Patrick Tilley
Vector, Nov 1996
Star Wreck V: The Undiscovered Nursing Home
- Leah Rewolinski
Vector, Feb 1994
Starfarers
- Poul Anderson
Vector, Jan 1999
Stone Angels
- Mike Jeffries
Vector, Feb 1994
The Summer Queen
- Joan D. Vinge
Vector, Sep 2003
Sun's End
- Richard Lupoff
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1987
Superman: Eradication
- Dan Jurgens
& Jerry Ordway
& Roger Stern
& George Perez
& Keyy Gammill
& Dennis Janke
& Brett Breeding
& Art Thibert
& Andy Kubert
Vector Review
Supplement, Aug 1996
The Supernatural
- John G. Jones
Paperback Inferno, Aug 1990
Tales from the Nightside
- Charles Grant
Paperback Inferno, Dec 1988
Taming the Forest King
- Claudia J. Edwards
Paperback Inferno, Feb 1988
Time
- Stephen Baxter
Vector, Nov 1999
Torched!
- James Blackstone
Paperback Inferno, Feb 1987
The Troubled Earth
- Charles A. Frost
Vector, Jul 1999
Virtual Mode
- Piers Anthony
Vector, Feb 1993
Waiting
- Frank M. Robinson
Vector, Jan 1999
The Warlord's Domain
- Peter Morwood
Paperback Inferno, Aug 1990
Warstriders: Jackers
- William H. Keith, Jr
Vector, Spr 1995
When the World Shook
- H. Rider Haggard
Vector, Mar 1999
Wild Cards: Deuces Down (ed)
- Martin George R. R.
Vector, Nov 2002
Winterbirth
- Brian Ruckley
Vector, Nov 2006
Witch Beast
- Bernard King
Paperback Inferno, Aug 1989
World War: Upsetting the Balance
- Harry Turtledove
Vector, Nov 1996
World's End
- Mark Chadbourn
Vector, Jan 2000
The Wyrm
- Stephen Laws
Paperback Inferno, Jun 1989
Wyvern
- A. A. Attanasio
Paperback Inferno, Oct 1990
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