Ben Hamilton

Features

‘This Is Not the Culture I Signed Up For’: Alan Moore and Hollywood

By Ben Hamilton

Who will watch the Watchmen? Not their creator, Alan Moore. And while he seems to be alone in his condemnation with the latest adaptation of his work, Moore's steadfast position deserves some real attention. [4 March 2009]

Reviews

The Demon of Dakar by Kjell Eriksson

By Ben Hamilton

Kjell Eriksson shows us that when a genre novel tries to develop ideas above and beyond its confines without mastering the basics of the genre first, a real mess ensues. [7 September 2009]

The Case for God by Karen Armstrong

By Ben Hamilton

Promoted as a rebuttal to modern atheist thinkers, notably Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris, this doesn't feel like a cynical cash-in on a recent publishing phenomenon. [27 August 2009]