Sixteenth Watch by Myke Cole
I’ve been meaning to read a Myke Cole book for a while now. His name is one that’s been out there floating around as an interesting author, and I’ve seen a...
30 April 2020
All systems red by Martha Wells
The Murderbot diaries : 1 – Read an extract. Way back in January Kameron Hurley posted about a list of books that she had preordered, and this one sounded just awesome....
16 August 2017
Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
The main character of this book is General Thrawn1 , who will be known to many Star Wars fans as he shows up in quite a few of the extended universe...
29 July 2017
The red : first light by Linda Nagata
Book 1 in The Red trilogy ; part of my 2016 Sci-Fi experience (review site here) Lieutenant James Shelley never wanted to be a soldier. But life happened, and he made...
21 December 2015
Looper dir. by Rian Johnson
Its 2044 and time travel hasn’t been invented yet. But in thirty years time it will be. And then promptly criminalised, which means of course that only the criminals use it,...
8 October 2012
Bitter seeds by Ian Tregillis
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...
16 July 2012
Margaret Atwood: Haunted by The Handmaid’s Tale | Books | The Guardian
Some books haunt the reader. Others haunt the writer. The Handmaid’s Tale has done both. via Margaret Atwood: Haunted by The Handmaid’s Tale | Books | The Guardian.
5 February 2012
Dune (round iii) by Frank Herbert
The final questions for the Dune group read are:
- What is your reaction to finally learning the identity of Princess Irulan? Do you think that her convention added to the story?
- Were you satisfied with the ending? For those reading for the first time, was it what you expected?
- On both Arrakis and Salusa Secundus, ecology plays a major role in shaping both characters and the story itself. Was this convincing? Do you think that Paul would have gone through with his threat to destroy the spice, knowing what it would mean for Arrakis?
- Both Leto and Paul made their decisions on marriage for political reasons. Do you agree with their choices?
- What was your favorite part in this section of the book?
- One of the things I noticed in the discussions last week was Herbert’s use of the word “jihad.” What do you think of Herbert’s message about religion and politics?
25 July 2011
Clash of the Titans by S.P. Somtrow dir. by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Lasse Hallström, Louis Leterrier, Peter Weiland
The film opens at sea, in a storm. A fisherman hauls in an ornate box and after prising it open finds a baby boy and his dead mother. He and his wife raise this child as their own, loving him just as much as their flesh and blood daughter, whom they bear some years later. We know this because Pete Postlethwaite tells us so. This boy, Perseus, does not know it, but he is a demi-god, the son of Zeus himself. And he is about to get caught up in a conflict between humanity and the Gods of Ancient Greece.
9 April 2010
Her fearful symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Author: Audrey Niffenegger
For a lot of this book I really really liked it. I never quite loved it; but for a while I did really enjoy it. The writing is great. And the premise was interesting. But it just didn’t work in the end. And I think that one of the major problems was that the character who makes this big decision, well, I just didn’t get why she made it. And I really didn’t understand why other characters went along with her. That wasn’t the only problem, it just meant that I was less forgiving of the others
7 December 2009
Subverting fantasy!?
Do you know why I really hate labels[1], especially genre labels? Well it is because everyone has their own definition of what fits a certain label, and they are only aware...
24 July 2005
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