Robert A Heinlein – I Will Fear No Evil
Having read and enjoyed The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land, I thought I would enjoy Robert A Heinlein’s I Will Fear No Evil in equal measure. Read on to find out if I did…
Tag: sci-fi
Ursula K. Le Guin – The Left Hand of Darkness
Le Guin is very highly regarded in fantasy and science fiction circles, and after running out of Philip K Dick books I needed to get me some classic sci-fi. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards, this was touted as her best book…
Douglas Coupland – Generation A
I was not particularly blown away by this as much as I was by Generation X, Microserfs and All Families Are Psychotic. I had no sympathy for the five characters through which the disjointed story is told.
Gene Wolfe – Peace
Peace is an enigma. A puzzle to be cracked. Perhaps fittingly my copy appeared mysteriously to me a month or so ago, having sat forgotten on a low bookshelf for a year.
Film roundup from February 2020
Fighting With My Family – Mile 22 – Seoul Station – Train to Busan – Death Wish – The Laundromat – The Handmaiden – Long Shot – Terminator Dark Fate – My Cousin Rachel
Film roundup from January 2020
Here’s a roundup of a bunch more movies I’ve seen this month. There’s no real duds this time around…
Out Now! – Black Book
My new novel Black Book is now available in paperback or for 99p in Kindle format from Amazon.
2019 Retrospective – top books
I pick out my top five reads of 2019: Railsea, All The Light We Cannot See, The Last Days of New Paris, Bright Shiny Morning, and Mythos.
2019 Retrospective – top TV drama
A quick waffle about some of the best TV drama shows I’ve seen in 2019. My top five includes: Chernobyl, Mr. Robot Season 4, Catch-22, Westworld Season 2, and The Man in the High Castle Season 4…
2019 Retrospective – top movies
In this post (which contains some spoilers) I talk around some of the best movies I’ve seen in 2019.
