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Are you ready for Deadlocked, the penultimate Sookie Stackhouse novel? Gollancz is delighted to be able to share the book trailer for Deadlocked with SFX. Deadlocked will be available where all good books are sold from the 1 May 2012. Sookie has a murder investigation on her hands. A young …

(opens in new tab) Interview by Andrew Davies-Cole Fantasy fans are an impatient lot. Not content to simply wait for news of Game Of Thrones ’ second season, some were eagerly “fore-casting” its return before the clouds of season one had even cleared. Fansite Winteriscoming.net earmarked London-based actor Gwendoline Christie …

(opens in new tab) Okay, so the season two finalé episode of The Walking Dead achieved record ratings in the States. The show is clearly doing well. But the first half of this season saw the show floundering. Even after that storming finalé, there are still a lot of things …

Episode 4.08 Writer: Toby Whithouse Director: Philip John THE ONE WHERE Burn, baby, burn… Annie blows up Eve and the leader of the Old Ones – and finally moves on. Could this be the end for Being Human ? It could, you know. It really could. But we fervently hope …

BOOK REVIEW Swift and sure London’s a city that knows its place in the history books; taking over 2,000 years of civilisation in its stride, it’s hardly surprising it’s become a favourite setting for urban fantasies: Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere , Simon Green’s Nightside books, and now Kate Griffin’s Matthew Swift …

It was only a matter of time before Alan Moore let the world know exactly what he though about DC’s Before Watchmen prequels , and in an interview with comics writer Kurt Amacker for publisher Seraphemera Books , he’s done just that. Letting rip in a lengthy interview that makes …

“I think it’s as good, if not better, than the book” The Hunger Games is the equally-awaited movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s book of the same name. Directed by Gary ( Pleasantville ) Ross, it’s out in the UK on 23 March. Every year in the ruins of what was …

Jay Randall is a man who like an exploding head or two. As SFX chats to the second unit visual FX designer on Greek myth fantasy epic Immortals (out on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday) the subject of exploding heads comes up time and time again. Ask him his personal …

“Lost” Douglas Adams adventure finally finished For Doctor Who fans of long standing, Douglas Adams’s “Shada” is something of an itch they can’t scratch. Written during the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy creator’s brief tenure as Who ’s script editor, it commenced filming but then fell foul of a strike …

John Carter , The Muppets , Being Human and a cute cat – all burning hot topics in the office this week