Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher
The Clocktaur War ; book 1 Any book by Ursula Vernon (aka T. Kingfihser) is one that I want to read, and as I back her on Patreon I have had...
2 January 2018
Star Wars: The last Jedi dir. by Rian Johnson
I’m afraid to say that I am one of the people who were disappointed by The Last Jedi. The one word description I can give of it is “mess”. That’s pretty...
19 December 2017
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Discworld series #8 / The City Watch series #1 This is the book. The one that really made me love the Discworld ‘verse. In this we first meet Sam Vimes and...
2 December 2017
The fugitive dir. by Andrew Davies
Do you remember when it was a big deal when a film came on the telly? I can remember the hype around The Fugitive, not when it was in the cinema,...
5 November 2017
Monty Python and the Holy Grail dir. by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
I’m not quite sure when I first watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but I know I wasn’t too young. Certainly a teenager. I’d heard of Monty Python but was...
5 November 2017
Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear
Eternal Sky; 1 Temur’s family are at war. His cousin and his brother have battled over who will get to be the next Khan. There is death all around him. Temur...
28 October 2017
Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey
River of Teeth ; 2 The events of River of Teeth have left repercussions. Not least of which are the feral hippos! but also the Houndstooth outfit1 have been separated, those...
16 October 2017
Blade Runner 2049 dir. by Denis Villeneuve
Sequel to Blade Runner Set thirty years after the first Blade Runner, this film is not set in our future, but in an alternate future. One that is bleak and brutal...
15 October 2017
Blade Runner (The final cut) [based on the book] by Philip K. Dick dir. by Ridley Scott
I know that at some point in the past I have watched Blade Runner. I do not know what version it was. I also am very aware that it has become...
13 October 2017
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
The Amazing Telemachus Family were about to reach dizzying heights of fame and fortune in the 1970s, when a live television magic display went all wrong and they were revealed as...
13 October 2017
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
Discworld series ; #7 I think this might be the first Terry Pratchett book I ever read. I certainly recall reading it, but I don’t think I’ve ever reread it, and...
1 October 2017
The Power by Naomi Alderman
First rec’d by Abigail Nussbaum – Strange Horizons When I first read about The Power I was both intrigued and a little put-off by the premise; women suddenly develop the ability...
24 September 2017
Recent Comments