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Olympos
By Dan Simons
I really loved Ilium when I read it in June so was looking forward to this, the sequel. And it kicks off right where we left the story in the first book. Unfortunately it just didn’t work as well. All through this book I was interested in what was going on, but never gripped, never fascinated or engaged by it. Merely hmm, that’s interesting. Continue reading
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Tagged 7 Stars, Achilles, disapointing, Greek myth, Homer, humanity, Iliad, Ilium, intertextual, Marcel Proust, multiple narrators, myth and legend, Olympos, robots, The Tempest, William Shakespeare
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The Passage
Before she became the Girl from Nowhere-the One Who Walked In, the First and Last and Only, who lived a thousand years-she was just a little girl in Iowa, named Amy.
Usually in my reviews I tend to start off with a quick plot summary. But any sort of recap would risk spoiling aspects of the story, so I’ll instead start off with an introduction. The Passage begins with the story of Amy Harper Bellafonte. Harper because her mother’s favourite book was To Kill a Mockingbird. Amy’s mother is a waitress, her father a businessman who drifted through, left and, some time later returned. To the detriment of all. In the end Amy is left at a convent with a nun. And the next chapter tells us, through a series of emails, about an expedition to discover how to end death.
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Tagged 8 Stars, dystopias, end of the world, immortality, medical experiments, The Passage, US author, vampires
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Red Son
by Mark Millar
I love the idea behind this graphic novel. Superman, instead of being raised by the Kents in Kansas, instead lands in the middle of Russia and is raised on a collective farm. Growing up, instead of embodying the American Dream, he becomes the Champion of the common worker. And so much of it is just cool. There are loads of great touches, I loved the idea of the alternate Batman.
Unfortunately it never got beyond the “oooh that sounds cool” aspect of the story.
The Mutant Chronicles
See also: IMDb ; Elsewhere Okay so I knew this was going to be rubbish. But then again look at that cast. How could I resist? And to be honest I was expecting something resembling a plot to show up … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 Stars, clichéd, dystopias, mindless fun, Mutant Chronicles, nonsensical, steampunk, utter pish
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I am legend
LibraryThing ; More reviews ; RIP III On those cloudy days, Robert Neville was never sure when sunset came, and sometimes they were in the streets before he could get back. There is nothing like a vampire story to get … Continue reading
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Tagged atmospheric, I am Legend, reading challenge, RIP challenge, RIP III, vampires
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The gone-away world
ISBN: (Proof: 978043401866) 9780434018420 See also: mebelitheBookseller.com ; Book Geeks ; Extract The lights went out in the Nameless Bar just after nine. A while back there was a comment left on the blog asking if I wanted a copy … Continue reading
Doomsday
This film really is utterly preposterous. Unbelievable in the extreme; plot holes every where. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. It still kicks ass though. Hugely enjoyable. It is set in the future, after a virus struck Glasgow the British … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 Stars, bloody action, Doomsday, dystopias, mindless fun, R-18s, virus
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I am legend
After the end of the world as we know it Robert Neville lives in New York. All alone apart from his dog, Sam, he drives around hunting deer, chatting to mannequins and going through the stock of a local video store. He also makes sure to be home and locked away by the time night comes. Because at night the rest of the survivors come out. And they aren’t so friendly.
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Tagged 6 Stars, based on book, cgi animals are bad, creepy, dystopias, ending is crap, I am Legend, mutants, R-15A, zombies
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The Road
ISBN: 9780330447546 Read for the RIP Challenge See also: Darryl’s Library ; Skewed Perspectives ; Cynical Opimitsm ; Bookwomon When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the … Continue reading
Doomsday Book
ISBN: 0450579875 See also: SF Reviews ; Read with Eclectic Circus Mr. Dunworthy opened the door to the laboratory and his spectacles promptly steamed up. “Am I too late?” he said, yanking them off and squinting at Mary. In the … Continue reading
