qntm is seriously good. I had There Is No Antimemetics Division on my Kindle for ages, I can’t remember now where I found the recommendation, but I had some notion in my head that it was this thing, so I did not read it, and then I did and it turned out to be this […]
I am a sucker for anything decent post-apocalypsish and endish of the world, and this liminal time as we approach two-faced Janus, looking forwards and back, is as good a time (as good an excuse) to recommend entertainment in this line. I have just finished watching Earth Abides, based on the novel by George R […]
I first came across Laird Barron a dozen or so years ago when I was working my way through Ellen Datlow’s yearly horror collections. Since then he has become one of “my” authors, those whose next book I eagerly await. One of the best things that I ever read on Twitter was what I think […]
I’ve had to pack up my library for reasons, so downstairs I have nearly 70 x 40 litre cartons of books accumulated over 50 years. I don’t have TBR piles, I have TBR book cases. I wonder if there are enough years left to read them, plus all the others out there that I don’t […]
I have just finished “Devolution” by Max Brooks. It was fine, although I was disappointed by the lack of easter eggs regarding a certain band from Akron, Ohio. I’ll just have to assume that the blurb on the cover reading “one of the greatest horror novels I’ve ever read,” is a reference to that writer […]
I don’t think this piece by Tony Milligan in The Conversation regarding Fermi’s paradox, Cixin Liu’s 3 Body Problem, and the universe being a dark forest where everyone hides, is quite right. I have no difficulty with people finding problems with the book. I did not enjoy it, and so did not go on to […]
“An adult is in charge,” I thought while reading ‘The Separation’ by Christopher Priest. On the news of his recent death, I moved a few of his novels towards the top of my unread pile, and ‘The Separation’ was the first that I hit. On starting, I wondered why I had not read it earlier […]
The opening of “The Old Man” with Jeff Bridges as an older gentleman experiencing a home invasion who turns the tables with unexpected hidden talents got me in. The darkness of the imagined scene where he efficiently kills off innocent police officers and his evening’s date just to avoid detection, kept me there. I ended […]
Well, that was a lot of fun. With that title – “The Return of the Incredible Exploding Man”, and my love of his Fractured Europe series, I was always going to read this novel of Dave Hutchinson‘s. However, I am never early to the party, and I see that it has been out in the […]
Well far out dude, what the hell is this? What just happened? I don’t generally have the patience or inclination to write book reviews, and this is not one. I read quite a bit of horror, because I like it, but you wouldn’t know what I was reading if you were there with me while […]
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