What have I started here? As readers, we are used to embarking on a new series with an ominous mountain of books standing between us and the conclusion of the epic tale we have started. Those people who came late to A Song of Ice and Fire will know the feeling. Those of us who... Continue Reading →
This book is the first in a series of BBC tie-in novels known as "The 8th Doctor Adventures", commissioned and published in the interim years between the show ending in 1989 and being relaunched in 2005. The series of books ran alongside another set of releases known as "The Past Doctor Adventures." For both of... Continue Reading →
Wow. What a book. This wasn't my first time reading Dune but, dear God, it is still great. I can't think of many books that operate on the same scale as Frank Herbert's epic. Galactic conflict, formation of religions, prophetic visions, political machinations. All encompassed in a classic heroic coming-of-age story for the protagonist, Paul... Continue Reading →
Marlowe Kana is the story of the eponymous hero. Marlowe is a celebrity and a war hero. Well, a celebrity because she's a war hero and it was all live-streamed. She's been arrested and tried for treason, despite being the darling of the nation, and is on her way to prison when she's broken free... Continue Reading →
The book is written as a frame narrative. The story starts with our protagonist, referred to only as The Time Traveller telling a group of friends about his time-travel device and explains the concept to them. In order to prove it works he activates the device, and the guests are asked to come a week... Continue Reading →
Post-apocalyptic novels seem to be all the rage at the moment and it's difficult to find one that offers something different. With that in mind, I was pleasantly surprised when reading Basically Frightened. Pugh's dystopian novel tells the story of Buck, a man in his thirties, who is caught in a traditionally apocalyptic world. The... Continue Reading →
Ball Machine, by Simon Townley, is the story of an incredibly athletic android. Rosa Rodriguez, both sexy and smart, challenges a group of secluded male geniuses to build her a robot for a tennis partner and the boys find it hard to say no to her feminine charm. They rise to the challenge and Vitas... Continue Reading →
Oryx and Crake is the first novel of Margaret Atwood’s ‘MaddAddam’ trilogy, the second and third novels being The Year of the Flood (2009) and MaddAddam (2013). was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction that same year, and for the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction. We journey through Attwood’s dystopian future landscape... Continue Reading →
Chris Mandeville’s post-apocalyptic novel, Seeds, is one of the best stories to read. It has everything a post-apocalyptic story should have. There is the story about how the world fell apart, what it left behind in its wake, and how different areas of people reacted after almost fifty years of having to survive within their... Continue Reading →
