Right. This was fucking brilliant and super creepy. The Illustrated Man was written in 1951 and so in some respects shows it’s age a little bit. There is no real plot, it’s a collection of short stories as shown on the back of the Illustrated Man. Another man watches all night as the Illustrated Man’s … Continue reading
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Book review: Kushiel’s Dart
Okay, so this book was equal parts intriguing, disturbing and frustrating. I’ve never read 50 Shades of Grey but this kind of felt like the medieval version of it. Okay, probably not like it all and since it’s not on the list, I’m not going to read it! So the plot revolves Phèdre who is … Continue reading
The List
I often talk about the List and that I’m working my way through it. So what are they? Fantasy Ray Bradbury, Something wicked this way comes, 147 pages Robert Zelazny, Nine Princes in Amber, 175 pages Michael Moorcock, Elric of Melnibone, 181 pages Robert E Howard, Conan the Barbarian, 182 pages Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated … Continue reading
Book review: Final Empire
Oh gawd. So remember when I complained about Dragonflight‘s setting being a caricature of medieval times? This was like a caricature of the horrible setting of Dragonflight. Not only is everything fucking awful, it’s been that way for 1000 years, there are ashfalls – like ash falling from the sky ALL THE TIME, their ruler … Continue reading
Book review: Barrayar
Omg. Omg. Omg. So adorable. Barraryar is the first book I’ve read that is a sequel to one from the list. The first book in the series was Shards of Honour which as I said was friggin’ adorkable. THE ADORKABLENESS CONTINUES. The story starts from right after the end of the last book. Aral and … Continue reading
Book review: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
I think this is the first Jules Verne I’ve ever read. It was kind of laughably hilarious and completely improbable. So, plotwise it does what it says on the tin. A German professor finds a 16th century manuscript with a 12th century note that tells you the entrance the centre of the earth. The Professor … Continue reading
Book review: Anathem
I do not even know where to begin with this book. Okay, I do. With an editor. Holy shit. Long. So long. So overly and pointlessly long. Okay, maybe not. But LONG. It started slow, first 200 pages or so, with me going: what is the plot. What is going on. I do not understand. … Continue reading
Book review: Animal Farm
Don’t ask me why this appears on the list but it does. Surely it belongs as polemic or some such. So everyone must know that this is an allegory of the events in Russia under the Soviet Union, right? There’s not much to say there really. Good intentions gone really fucking awry. So impressions – … Continue reading
Book review: Soon I will be Invincible
I can’t seem to bring myself to read another thing from the list lately. Most of them just seem too long and not that interesting. So I took a detour and read Soon I will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman. I’m not sure how or why I bought it but it existed on my Nexus … Continue reading
Book review: The Princess Bride
Oh man. You know when you are looking forward to something because you loved something related. Then with inevitable huge, crushing disappointment, you get more and more sad about continuing said thing? Yup. So, anyone within a certain age range would have watched The Princess Bride and most of those people would say that they … Continue reading
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