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Book review: Frankenstein in Baghdad
Book reviews / Science Fiction

Book review: Frankenstein in Baghdad

Posted on April 19, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

So, as the title suggests, this is a retelling of Frankenstein, except set in occupied Baghdad, post American invasion. Continue reading →

Book review: The Light Brigade
Book reviews / Science Fiction

Book review: The Light Brigade

Posted on March 9, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

So I didn’t get on with The Stars are Legion, so much so that I can’t even remember what it was about (even the review doesn’t help). But anyway, I got on with this one much better. It’s less weird, though it’s all time travel-y and you have to piece things together as you go. Continue reading →

Book review: Sisters of the Vast Black
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Book review: Sisters of the Vast Black

Posted on February 23, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

Nuns in space! What’s not to love? Continue reading →

Book review: A Memory Called Empire
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Book review: A Memory Called Empire

Posted on February 20, 2020 by blogendorff • 1 Comment

In short, the plot revolves around Mahit, from Lsel station. She is summoned by the Empire, after the former ambassador mysteriously died. But everything becomes complicated very quickly and Mahit must survive on her wits and try to keep her station safe from the Empire. Continue reading →

Book review: European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
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Book review: European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman

Posted on February 12, 2020 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

This whopping great brick of a novel (700 pages and change) follows the members of the Athena club on an adventure to Europe to rescue Lucinda Van Helsing, daughter of the famous Dr Van Helsing. Continue reading →

Book review: The Haunting of Tram Car 015
Book reviews / Science Fiction

Book review: The Haunting of Tram Car 015

Posted on January 12, 2020 by blogendorff • 1 Comment

Just like “A Dead Djinn in Cairo”, this short story is utterly delightful. It takes place in the same universe, turn of the century Cairo, but one inhabited by djinns and other mythic and supernatural beings. Continue reading →

Book review: This is how you lose the time war
Book reviews / Science Fiction

Book review: This is how you lose the time war

Posted on January 4, 2020 by blogendorff • 2 Comments

I can see why lots of people love this book. It’s like a Russian Doll of a story, all wrapped up in flowery and beautiful language. But in some respects, that’s all it is. So it’s fine, but I’m not sure what all the fuss was about. Continue reading →

Book review: Astounding
Book reviews / Non fiction / Science Fiction

Book review: Astounding

Posted on December 23, 2019 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

Astounding is a history of the golden age of science fiction, specifically focussed on John W. Campbell Jr., L. Ron Hubbard, Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. And it is quite frankly, bloody brilliant. Continue reading →

Book review: Rosewater
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Book review: Rosewater

Posted on November 23, 2019 by blogendorff • Leave a comment

The idea and the world the author created are great. The novel takes place in a city called Rosewater in Nigeria. The events span between about 2040 to 2066. Basically, the life of the main character Kaaro. Rosewater comes into being because an alien entity emerges from the ground. Continue reading →

Book review: Gideon the Ninth
Book reviews / Science Fiction

Book review: Gideon the Ninth

Posted on September 14, 2019 by blogendorff • 2 Comments

It’s kind of like a murder mystery in a creepy old house, but instead of normal people it’s necromancers and sword fighters. And the house is staffed entirely by skeletons and isn’t so much haunted as infested with arcane constructs and stuff like that. Continue reading →

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