The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A man called “Man” and a boy called “Boy” walk down a road called “The Road”. Ok those aren’t literally their names, they just don’t seem to have any. On … Read More
Category: Books
The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl & Cyril M. Kornbluth
This book is a gem. It was written over 50 years ago but deals with topics still relevant today. The story is about a star-class copysmith Mitch Courteney who works … Read More
And Another Thing… by Eoin Colfer
Let me state this first: I am a massive Hitchhiker fan. Not to the point where it becomes sad-loner going to a convention level, but damn close – I’ll probably … Read More
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
The story follows a group of drug users in California in the far-off year of 1994. Actually, the date doesn’t really matter, the book is barely science fiction. The futuristic … Read More
Non-stop by Brian Aldiss
Non-stop by Brian Aldiss is a classic Scifi book and shame on you if you haven’t read it. I love this book but this review will be a short one … Read More
Halting State by Charles Stross
The book is set in the not too distant future. Scotland has devolved (in a political not Darwinian sense), gained independence, and the world is even more saturated with information … Read More
Ringworld by Larry Niven
This is a classic science fiction book. It is such a classic that I had assumed I had already read it. I think I got confused with other books featuring … Read More
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
You can’t really go wrong with Neil Gaiman, so to say that Neverwhere (this is the author’s preferred version) is great, is pretty much a given. Brief synopsis: When Richard … Read More