5 April 2013
Call no: 800
Genre: contemporary fiction
Setting: Parla
7 Stars
0 comments
Life is different when you live on an island. The sea is all important, whether or not you make you living from it. The sea can be heard everywhere, and to be without it is unthinkable. The sea also brings … Continue reading
Blue is the daughter of a psychic. A non-psychic in a family of those with the gift. But she does make things “stronger” or clearer. So she will often accompany them on their readings. Every year on St. Mark’s Day … Continue reading
22 October 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: horror, short story
7 Stars
2 Comments
One of my RIP reads Short story published in Apex Magazine Issue 41 Zombies are everywhere lately. This short story does something a little different with the idea though, it tells the story from the point of view of the … Continue reading
19 October 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction
Setting: 1940s, Spain
7 Stars
4 Comments
One of my RIP reads Translated from the Spanish by Lucia Graves Book 1 of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books In Barcelona a young boy is brought by his father to a secret place, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books. He … Continue reading
17 October 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: Juv/YA
Setting: 1930s, Britain - 1930s, Eaton College, Scotland
7 Stars
Comments Off
Book 1 in the Young Bond series. James Bond has just started Eaton College. It’s a huge change, so many other people around and rules to follow. He does his best to fit in and soon enough he makes a … Continue reading
Read for this year’s RIP event. Part of The Estella Society’s readalong, although a much delayed addition. The story opens with a happy scene at Hundreds Hall, our narrator is remembering how grand the house was. How impressive it was … Continue reading
17 September 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: 2000s, alien, Mars
7 Stars
Comments Off
First published in serial form in the 1950s The Martian Chronicles is a collection of short stories that together tell the story of humanity colonising Mars. Almost all the stories are entirely set on Mars, and deal with the effects … Continue reading
17 September 2012
Cast: Dominic West, James Purefoy, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Taylor Kitsch, Thomas Haden Church, Willem Dafoe
Script: Andrew Stanton, Mark Andrews, Michael Chabon
Genre: Action, sff
Setting: 1880s, C19th, Mars
7 Stars
3 Comments
In the 1880s a young Edgar Rice Burroughs is summoned to his uncle’s home. But when he reaches it he discovers that John Carter is already dead and the body is locked away in his crypt. Ned is to inherit … Continue reading
Read it online Imagine a world without men. A world where women are able to reproduce without men, where the only children born are female, and where motherhood is all important. Now imagine that you are a young man in … Continue reading
1 September 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: horror, sff
Setting: 1890s, C19th, England, spring, village
7 Stars
13 Comments
Another coursera course book, and another that fits with my reading for this years RIP project & for the 2012 Sci-Fi Challenge. One wintry day in a small, quiet English village, a stranger appears. He takes a room at the … Continue reading
