transmission
no language, just sound

welters?

The Magicians

Lev Grossman

the magiciansIncredibly well done adult fantasy that subverts the tropes of Magic School and Magical Fantasy Lands.

Really nicely hit a spot.

Rating: A

A, Books, Fiction, Rated, fantasy, iPad


A, Books, Fiction, Rated, fantasy, iPad
21:17, July 21st 2010

 

teapot?

The Fuller Memorandum

Charles Stross

Third Laundry novel. Bloody good

Rating: A

A, Books, Fiction, Horror, Humour, Rated, Science Fiction, Thriller


A, Books, Fiction, Horror, Humour, Rated, Science Fiction, Thriller
13:19, July 9th 2010

 

gates?

The Atrocity Archives

Charles Stross

Originally reviewed here:

Rating: A

A, Books, Fiction, Rated, Science Fiction, Thriller


A, Books, Fiction, Rated, Science Fiction, Thriller
13:15, May 20th 2010

 

eider?

Before They Are Hanged

Joe Abercrombie

before they are hangedSecond of the First Law trilogy takes a group of heroes on a typical fantasy quest through the West in an atypyical way. Meanwhile in the North and South battles and sieges take place and we learn a wee bit more about the strings being pulled behind the scenes.

Rating: A

A, Books, Fiction, Rated, fantasy


A, Books, Fiction, Rated, fantasy
16:01, March 29th 2010

 

gorst?

The Blade Itself

Joe Abercrombie

the blade itselfSolidly entertaining debut fantasy novel, first in what promises to be a rather good trilogy

Rating: A

A, Books, Fiction, Rated, fantasy


A, Books, Fiction, Rated, fantasy
15:51, March 9th 2010

 

sopors?

Mockingbird

Walter Tevis

mockingbirdIntriguing science fiction from the author of The Hustler and The Color Of Money.
It’s a few hundred years in the future and a mankind coddled by robots and lulled into drugged sterility – both mental and physical is dwindling to it’s last generation until a man in Ohio learns to read..
Raising so many ideas about the nature of humanity and the burdens of artificial intelligence this is really a very good bit of science fiction.

Rating: A

A, Books, Fiction, Rated, Science Fiction


A, Books, Fiction, Rated, Science Fiction
22:35, January 21st 2010

 

sap?

Boneshaker

Cherie Priest

boneshakerIt’s got everything you’d ever want – a steampunk setting in Seattle, with zombies and airship pirates, oh and a kickass female protagonist who’s handy with a shotgun…

Rating: A

A, Alternative History, Books, Fiction, Rated, Science Fiction


A, Alternative History, Books, Fiction, Rated, Science Fiction
23:12, January 15th 2010

 

egg?

The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett
the magicians assistant
Rated A

A, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated


A, Books, Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Rated
22:48, January 8th 2010