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.[read more »]
Tuesday, 12 November 2002.
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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...
[read more »]Monday, 11 November 2002.
Fantasy
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...
[read more »]Thursday, 14 February 2002.
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Declare
When I first opened it and read the first chapter, I thought it was a cold war spy thriller. In a way, that is correct even if it is not the whole story. Tim Powers do what he does best, and weaves a story created from scraps of mythology...
[read more »]Thursday, 14 February 2002.
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Glimpses
Lewis Shiners book begins with a part of the Beatles history, because in a book where music is a part of the engine, that seems to be a rather good place to start. Ray Shackleford one day dreams of music that never were, about the recordings that should have been, but where something went wrong. The first thing he dreamt were of a tune by the Beatles, and he is in a state of shock...
[read more »]Tuesday, 22 January 2002.
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