I really should give up on reading older novels, I never tend to like them. Ice by Anna Kavan was written in 1967 and was supposed to be about the advancing glacial ice consuming the world. However, it was mostly about an obsessive man chasing after a woman. But also imagining different violent ways she … Continue reading
I know I usually say “I don’t know how to even describe the plot” but in this case, it’s really true. Not only is the plot unbelievably weird, so is the world that you find yourself in. So, here’s an attempt at summing up Liz Williams’ Banner of Souls. Basically, it’s very, very far in the … Continue reading
I don’t even know where to start because this book made way too little sense and was too long for how little sense it made. If you’re a fan of pretty language and absurdist geographies and worlds (basically, if you like China Miéville), you’d probably love Catherynne M Valente’s book. As it’s got lots of … Continue reading
Ummm So, I don’t think Joanna Russ’ book a normal novel. I don’t know what it is. Maybe a stream of consciousness feminist rant that takes place across multiple parallel universes? There are four women, who cross over into each other’s earths, all which have had a different history. Janet’s Earth has no men, they … Continue reading
Yay! I read a book! I’m currently neck-deep in PhD writing and so haven’t been reading that much outside of that area. However, this weekend I was going to take a break and read something fun. I bought The Three-Body Problem on a wander through Forbidden Planet not that long ago but still hadn’t read … Continue reading
I think I picked up this book by Grant Morrison at the comics exhibition at the British Museum. I have read a few comics by Morrison, like Joe the Barbarian and All Star Superman. I enjoyed both. So in the post-script to the paperback edition, he describes Supergods as a subjective history. Ah ha ha … Continue reading
This is the type of book you should read on a dark night around halloween, when the wind whistles through the house and scares the crap out of you. Reading during the day, while it is bright and sunny out kind of dulls the mystery some what. The plot: 2 boys find out about a … Continue reading
I don’t even know where to start with this book. It went from confusing and boring to insane and confusing. Plot: I don’t actually fucking know. There were lots of people doing something with nanotechnology. There were some orgies involved. WHAT THE FUCK. I have a feeling that this novel was supposed to be longer … Continue reading
Well, this was a nice quick, disturbing horror romp. So: I am Legend. Vampires take over the world. There’s one dude left. He kind of drifts in and out of going kind of crazy, back to sane, back to despairing, back to hopeful. Then he gets killed. The end. It was tense. It wasn’t a … Continue reading
Jeez. I forgot how fucking weird Arthur C. Clarke can be. So Childhood’s End: spaceships with an advanced alien race on board show up on earth, solve all the world’s problems, then after a 100ish years all the children on Earth evolve to join a giant space mind. Then they destory Earth, the end. It … Continue reading
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