June 2025

Irontown Blues by John Varley

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The novel “Irontown Blues” by John Varley was published for the first time in 2018. It’s part of the Eight Worlds series.

When a mysterious woman hires Christopher Bach to find the man who infected her with a genetically modified virus, the private investigator immediately suspects that something doesn’t add up. The main problem is that he’s supposed to look for the alleged culprit in Irontown, a Moon city where the inhabitants make their own laws.

Christopher Bach has very bad memories of Irontown connected to the time when he was a cop. He knows very well that he must move with great caution even if he’s assisted by Sherlock, a genetically modified dog who considers him his pack leader.

The Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa), Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) and Poppy (Sienna-Robyn Mavanga-Phipps) in The Reality War (Image courtesy BBC / Disney+)

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“The Reality War” is the eighth episode of the 15th season of the new “Doctor Who” series, also indicated as season 2, and follows “Wish World”. It’s also the season finale. It’s available in the UK and Ireland on BBC channels and in many other countries on the Disney+ platform.

Beware that in various adverts and marketing materials, this season is promoted as season 2 passing through a new start with the production by Bad Wolf and distribution by Disney+, hence the double notation.