I've been on a big of a Sri Lankan binge (…3 novels, but that's 3 more than usual) recently, and Sashi's story of becoming a field medic in the middle of the civil war was my favourite of the three.
Brotherless Night is an excellent book that got my attention and broke my heart a few times, without just being sad. It's full of anger and love and hope and all these things th
I found out about this book through an article by The Guardian that copied an extract from it, and I'm planning on eventually posting my full reading notes here eventually.
The idea of « flat culture » really captivated me and I could recognize it easily, being used to international travel for work and seeing the same things everywhere wi
Review - Murder in the Basement, by Anthony Berkeley: really cleverly constructed, and actually pretty entertaining too. Not sure it's a 100% fair play mystery, but still entertaining. Rating: 4/5 ("really liked it").
🆕 blog! “Book Review: Relic - Alan Dean Foster”
★★★⯪☆
This is a decent slice of sci-fi. It's the sort of story that probably could have been written any time in the last 100 years. The sole survivor of the human race is picked up by friendly aliens and spends his life as a specimen of scientific and cultural curiosity. And then... events occur! It's […]