The Drowned World
An extraordinarily powerful novel, The Drowned World takes place in a future where the greenhouse effect has transformed Northern Europe into a flooded tropical swamp.
The atmosphere of malaise and decay is utterly convincing and I feel haunted by it.
This is one the finest books I’ve ever read and I get the feeling this will linger in the memory for a long time.
Recommended without hesitation.
The Ninth Circle
Gabriel Antaeus wakes with no memory in a pool of his own dried blood. He’s in a freshly rented flat and has a suspiciously large amount of cash on a box on the kitchen table.
All Families Are Psychotic
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Strange tale around the gathering of a NASA astronauts family in Florida for the launch of her Shuttle mission
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
The City and the City
Outstanding work by Miéville, this combination of detective novel and fantasy is an engrossing and thought-provoking read.
Starting when Inspector Borlu of the Beszel police is called to a murder scene, this story unfolds into bizarre relationshop of twin cities of Beszel and Ul Qoma.
Unlike Buda and Pest or Minneapolis and St Paul these cities aren’t next door neighbours – they occupy the same physical space.
Miéville conveys the atmosphere of the cities wonderfully well and from behind the eyes of his protagonist you feel he really understands what it would be like to live in a city and have to ‘unsee’ the trains going past your window because they’re in the other city…
I recommend this book without reservation.
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Slight, entertaining story of one night in the lives of hipster music scene kids in manhattan, alternating chapters dedicated to Nick and Norah’s perspective on events told in the first person
Choke
um.
Second Foundation
Another two novella effort.
First half is the Mule’s search for the second foundation post the events in Foundation & Empire.
Second half is about bayta’s son and granddaughter and reveals more about the way the second foundation works.
Foundation And Empire
Second book in the Foundation sequence consists of two novellas.
First is about the conflict between the rump of the Galactic Empire and the Foundation and the second is about the rise of The Mule.
Better than the first book I’m still not sold on it as a work of genius.
Hexwood
Interesting fantasy/sci-fi hybrid filled with unreliable narrators.