The Dispossessed was the first book I read in 2022 – and what a way to start the year! Although in terms of review, it poses quite a challenge. It’s …
Book Review: The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Science Fiction
A flash review of every book I’ve read in 2021
2021 was a great year for me in terms of reading. Here’s a super-short review of all the books I read in the past 12 months, and which was my …
Short Story: The Printer of Infinite Despair
Even the howling storm outside could not cover the guttural cry of rage that tore through the Castle of Dread. Inside, the Elock-Tarr – foul creatures born of their master’s …
Christmas Book Haul and Tackling My TBR Pile
Firstly, excuse the lack of a ‘Happy New Year’ greeting. It’s just been announced that the UK is back in total lockdown again, so 2021 isn’t off to a very …
DNFing a book – and it wasn’t even that bad
I’m going to abandon my current read. Blue Remembered Earth, by Alastair Reynolds, will be added to the rather short list of books I started and then gave up on. …
The future always arrives when you’re not looking
Some farmers in Cornwall were still using threshing machines, a precursor of the combine harvester, when my dad was young. That makes it sound like he was born in the …