OMG. How depressing was this!? How did they say ‘yeah, that’ll make a great film where EVERYONE WILL CRY FOREVER.’ So plot. End of the world, everything is dead and dying, people have turned to cannibals as they scavenge the dying world for things to eat. A man and his son are walking the road, … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Science Fiction
Book review: The Doomsday Book
Right off the bat: brilliant. So the plot is that in the future, we can send historians back in time (if the conditions are right). The protagonist, Kivrin was supposed to be sent back to 1320 but instead ends up at the height of the plague in 1348. At the same time, chaos breaks out … Continue reading
Book review: Slaughterhouse Five
So let me start off by saying I liked it but I’m not sure I understood it. The plot centres around Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes ‘unstuck in time’, is kidnapped by aliens and also witnesses the fire bombing of Dresden. We follow his life backwards and forwards in time – from his birth … Continue reading
Book review: A Fire Upon the Deep
Right. Not going to beat around the bush with this one – this book was brilliant. It takes all those other books I’ve been reading and puts them to shame. Not only does it have great characters, thought-provoking settings, interesting plot, tension and all that – it mananges it with a mere 315 pages! Choke … Continue reading
Undead Evil Babbage and the Difference Engines of Doom
Migrating some old stuff from another blog so I can delete it! Hooray for digital consolidation. Originally written for @iheartmuseums. Part 1: A flurry of activity “This shall be a fantastic celebration!” “Yes, sir, but there is still a substantial amount of work to be done in the exhibition hall…” replied Nic, assistant to the … Continue reading
Book review: A Canticle for Leibowitz
This was a relatively short book (only 338 pages) but because of the way it was structured, it just took me awhile to finish it. It’s split into 3 parts, taking place centuries apart – so basically every 100 pages you have to learn about new characters and what is happening a few centuries down … Continue reading
Book review: Hyperion
WAAAAA! Okay. So I’m a bit upset at the ending because THERE WAS NO ENDING. I’m going to have to read the second book because I want to know what happens to all the characters in this one. It started off a bit ‘what the fuck is going on’ as there were many words that … 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
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