Light
M. John Harrison
Light
Gollancz
isbn 0-575-07026-9
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
The airship lumbered low overhead, its long, lined belly a dull smear of silvery light in the fog as it reflected the gas lamps of the city beneath.Fantasy [read more »]
Night Watch
So, another book about the Discworld. Nothing much has changed, except a few details. Sam Vimes gets struck by lightening close to the Unseen University and travels back in time...
Fantasy [read more »]Mortal Engines
It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea.Science fiction [read more »]
The Business
While I liked it, it wasn't really what I expected. It was sort of Banks Light, it lacked the mindboggling feeling of this is really good. What I found interesting was the Business itself. Unfortunatly that is more used as a backdrop instead of being the centre...
Gospel
I can't leave it alone. This is perhaps the third time I read it and it only get better each time. The characters are interesting and they surprise you all the time. Lots of bizarre ideas and weird history is thrown at the reader but these are no problem at all to accept. Books like this are hard to find in my opinion...
Religious fiction [read more »]Perdido Street Station
This is a book I wished I had read earlier. Really, I mean, it was there in the bookcase all along. Perhaps it was the thickness that scared me away, but it wasn’t a big deal once I got started. The length was just right, neither too long nor too short...
Fantasy [read more »]