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Review – Use of Weapons, Iain M. Banks ★★★☆☆

Special Circumstances have a hand in every war, system of government and maybe every household within the Culture. They're the force bending the galaxy in the Culture's favour. Diziet Sma is one of their agents and she recruits the aid of Cheradenine Zakalwe when a cluster is teetering on the brink of war. Zakalwe is … Continue reading Review – Use of Weapons, Iain M. Banks ★★★☆☆ →

Review – The Tangled Lands, Paolo Bacigalupi & Tobias S. Buckell ★★☆☆☆

Before The Tangled Lands I had never read anything by Tobias Buckell so had no idea of what to expect from his work. From Paolo Bacigalupi on the other hand, the other novel of his that I have read is The Windup Girl so the standard for him was set very high. I was drawn to The Tangled … Continue reading Review – The Tangled Lands, Paolo Bacigalupi & Tobias S. Buckell ★★☆☆☆ →

Review – Superman: Earth One, J. Michael Straczynski ★★★★☆

With the release of Superman: Earth One, Volume 1, the Earth one series of graphic novels was officially launched. The intent behind this line was for it to be a way into the story-lines of these characters without relying on any prior knowledge. These origin stories are not quite those that many people are familiar … Continue reading Review – Superman: Earth One, J. Michael Straczynski ★★★★☆ →

Review – The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham ★★★★☆

It happens overnight. Bill wakes up one morning in his hospital bed without the normal routine. He's confused and disoriented for a while but soon it becomes clear that no one is coming to help him. The nurses, the doctors, everyone in fact, has lost their sight overnight and now a new world must form. … Continue reading Review – The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham ★★★★☆ →

Review – Adrift on the Sea of Rains, Ian Sales ★★★★☆

What happens if the world ends but your not around when it does? What if you're on the moon working in an advanced research facility? Is there any hope or are you just cast adrift? In Adrift on the Sea of Rains, the first of The Apollo Quartet, Sales imagines an alternate history. In this … Continue reading Review – Adrift on the Sea of Rains, Ian Sales ★★★★☆ →

Review – Time’s Children, D. B. Jackson ★★★☆☆

The war is looking dire. The Sovereign of Daerjen is reaching the point of desperation and calls for drastic measures. He requests a walker from the traveller academy of Windhome meaning, at the age of only fifteen and being the only walker available, Tobias is thrust into a world of court politics and forced to … Continue reading Review – Time’s Children, D. B. Jackson ★★★☆☆ →

Review – The Hod King, Josiah Bancroft ★★★★☆

I don't really know where to begin. The Books of Babel continue to shock, inspire and grip me at every turn. This is a very different book to both Senlin Ascends and Arm of the Sphinx but, for once, different doesn't mean worse by any means. Obligatory Spoiler Warning for the first two books in … Continue reading Review – The Hod King, Josiah Bancroft ★★★★☆ →