2 September 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: Andes, South America
8 Stars
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Read online Long long ago, in a valley in the Andes, a group of settles were cut off from the rest of the world. They didn’t mind too much, they lived good lives and their land produced good crops. But … Continue reading
26 August 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: 1880s, Pacific islands
8 Stars
7 Comments
Read/Download for free from The University of Adelaide Read for Coursera Sci-Fi course & for RIP VII After his death the nephew of a Mr. Edward Prendick found a strange account among his papers. It was known that Prendick had … Continue reading
25 August 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: alien
8 Stars
2 Comments
Lixia has just landed on an alien planet. Humanity have come exploring the stars, with high-minded ideals, and rules about what action should be taken depending on how advanced the peoples they meet are. Nia has grown up among the … Continue reading
15 August 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: 1980s, Australia
8 Stars
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Vanessa works in a roadhouse in an isolated part of Australia. When we first meet her we don’t know why exactly she’s out there, she says she just wants to save some money and then maybe travel. That isn’t all … Continue reading
16 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: 1940s, England, Germany
8 Stars
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Book one in the Milkweed Triptych In a remote part of Germany a doctor has been hard at work, he has had plenty of test subjects, the Great War left many orphans and foundlings, and he paid good money for … Continue reading
14 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
8 Stars
5 Comments
Before I start reviewing this, I just want you to do one thing, read the title of this book. Railsea. Now imagine what that means. If you have imagined a world covered in railtracks, with trains as ships then you … Continue reading
8 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: Australia
8 Stars
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Okay, do you remember when I “reviewed” The Isles of the sun and I said that I’d love to hear other people’s thoughts on it? Well that goes double for this story. I really liked it. Was a bit squicked … Continue reading
A Discworld Night Watch story. Although the Night Watch is now the city watch, and this isn’t set in the city… still. That’s what it is :) It is almost pointless to review this book. I mean, surely if I … Continue reading
2 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: short stories
Setting: Australia
8 Stars
1 Comment
one of the stories in Cracklescape One evening when all the other children have gone home for their dinners Elric sees something. Someones. He calls them pharaohs, for lack of a better word, and because they are tall and thin. … Continue reading
24 June 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: the future
8 Stars
4 Comments
Book three in the Newsflesh trilogy It is 2041. Three years have gone by since the first book in this series, and a lot has happened in this series. So much so that to say anything about the plot would … Continue reading
