2 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: the future
4 Stars
2 Comments
It is the end of the world as Zoe knows it. A mysterious plague came along, killed almost everyone. A small few survived, but were changed, mutated. Others were immune. But civilisation is gone. It is man eat man out … Continue reading
14 January 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
Setting: 1580s, C16th, Prague, Vienna
6 Stars
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Jan lives with his aunt and uncle. His parents died of the plague and he had to leave his home village and move to Vienna. At first he is, understandably withdrawn and upset, but after a few months his uncle … Continue reading
16 October 2007
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: Britain - middle ages, C14th, future
8 Stars
1 Comment
ISBN: 0450579875 See also: SF Reviews ; Read with Eclectic Circus In the year 2525, there are women… sorry, about that interruption from Cleopatra 2525, it was really out of place, considering that this book isn’t even set in 2525, … Continue reading
17 July 2007
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction
Setting: Britain, Britain - Civil War & Revolution, C17th
8 Stars
3 Comments
ISBN: 9780340936436 Read with HistoricalFavorites I am, I discover, a very untidy man. Look at me. Without my periwig, I am an affront to neatness. Robert Merival, the narrator of Rose Tremain’s Restoration, is, at the start of this book, … Continue reading