Sunday, 7 December 2025
Twist - Colum McCann (2025)
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Rating: Excellent Twist can be added to the list of narratives that use Joseph Conrad’s novella, Heart of Darkness (1899) as a template,...
Sunday, 30 November 2025
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand - Samuel R. Delany (1984)
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Rating: Admirable Samuel R. Delany is unlike most other science fiction writers, not only is his densely descriptive writing style highly ...
Sunday, 9 November 2025
We Could Be...Bowie and His Heroes - Tom Hagler (2021)
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Rating: Admirable I find it hard to resist a good Bowie book and when We Could Be... was returned across the counter at my library I, pred...
Saturday, 18 October 2025
I Want Everything - Dominic Amerena (2025)
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Rating: Excellent I Want Everything is Dominic Amerena's debut novel, a five year effort, emerging after years of successfully publi...
Saturday, 4 October 2025
City - Clifford D. Simak (1952, complete edition - 1988)
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Rating: Excellent This 1988 edition of City (pictured above) contains a ninth tale, not included in earlier editions of this remarkable b...
Saturday, 13 September 2025
There Are Rivers in the Sky - Elif Shafak (2024)
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Rating: Excellent Elif Shafak is a significant author, activist, academic and speaker on the world stage. Shafak is of Turkish descent and...
Monday, 18 August 2025
Einstein's Monsters - Martin Amis (1987)
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Rating: Admirable Martin Amis is not known for his short stories, with only two collections published in his lifetime, Einstein's Mons...
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