Man does stupid things, continues to do them for 274 pages. Continue reading
Category Archives: Book reviews
Book review: Strange Practice
Strange Practice is a delight. It is full of wonderful, interesting and varied characters. Most of them happen to be monsters, but that’s no reason to hold that against them. Continue reading
Book review: Proof of Concept
It’s almost holiday time, so that means, reading some fun books. I downloaded this novella by Gwyneth Jones on a whim but it was a good choice. I generally don’t read anything shorter than a novel, so it was interesting to see how much of a story you can pack into not a long book … Continue reading
Book review: Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World
Oh hi. I’ve been kind of occupied by PhD land. But this book is part of PhD land so I’ve decided to review it. I first heard about Time Whitmarsh’s book last year, when I helped organise a history conference on atheism, secularism and humanism. It was the talk of the conference! But it took … Continue reading
Book review: Raven Stratagem
Well, it’s probably safe to say that if you liked Ninefox Gambit and were like “what I’d really like, is more of that, but with more deception and explosions” that’s kind of what you got. Which is, of course, brilliant. Raven Stratagem takes place right after the events at the end of Ninefox Gambit, where you might recall, Cheris … Continue reading
Book review: Flatland
Flatland was published in 1884 and the prejudices of the time shine through. Continue reading
Book review: Ninefox Gambit
I passed on Yoon Ha Lee’s Ninefox Gambit a few times because it sounded a bit strange. Teaming up with an undead general…in space….what? It also had words like ‘Fortress of Scattered Needles’ and ‘the hexarchate’ and my brain just kind of glossed over the words and decided – nope! But eventually my brain finally decided to … Continue reading
Book review: The Princess Diarist
Short holiday review of The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher. Continue reading
Book review: American War
American War is Omar El Akkad’s first (first!) novel and about 50% through reading it, I wasn’t sure if my heart would be able to take anymore. But the characters and the story were just too compelling that I got pulled back every time I tried to put it down. I finally blitzed the last 40% or so … Continue reading
Book review: Waking Gods
It’s now ten years from the end of Sleeping Giants and not much has changed. Kara and Vincent still control Themis, the giant robot assembled by Dr. Rose Franklin and her team. And then things…happen. Continue reading
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