Mervyn Peake – Titus Alone
I planned to read Titus Alone, the third book of the Gormenghast trilogy, over Christmas 2016, having thoroughly enjoyed the second book earlier that year. Instead I read it a few weeks ago. Here’s what I thought about it…
Tag: sci-fi
Happy Star Wars day!
I thought it was about time to write something about the new Star Wars stuff I’ve been watching on Disney Plus and what better time than on May the 4th? For once I will try and make this post spoiler free.
Tales from the Loop: Episodes 1-4
My thoughts on the first half of Amazon’s new art-inspired science fiction show.
Altered Carbon Season 1, Season 2 and Resleeved
While Altered Carbon is an adaptation of the 2002 cyberpunk novel by Richard K. Morgan it visually seems to owe a hell of a lot to Ridley Scott’s neo-noire interpretation of Philip K Dick’s work in Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049…
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order
A surprisingly long post about the latest Star Wars game from EA.
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…
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
