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Category: Book reviews

I occasionally write book reviews.

Book reviews

Stephen Palmer: Urbis Morpheos

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Jonathan

Fungal dreams and nightmares. After finishing and really enjoying Palmer’s latest novel, Hairy London, I thought I’d give his previous book, Urbis M...

Shepard Next to Modular Equipment T
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Ian Sales: Then will the Great Ocean Wash Deep Above

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Jonathan

Ian Sales' Apollo Quartet is an award-winning sequence of alternate history novellas which explore different aspects of the twentieth-century space race.

A view from the "Kimberley" formation on Mars taken by NASA's Curiosity rover.
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Andy Weir: The Martian

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Jonathan

The Martian is an odd book to review. I’m giving it three stars but it could be two or four, depending on what you want from a novel about an astronaut st...

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Stephen Palmer: Hairy London

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Jonathan

In an alternate Edwardian age, three upper class gents try to win a bet about the nature of love, while all around them everything goes to hair...

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Paul McAuley: Confluence, in part

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Jonathan

A word of caution for future readers of The Book of Confluence: it appears to be an easy read, but there will come a point, as with most of McAuley's work, wher...

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Memory and Komarr

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Jonathan

Lois McMaster Bujold’s ‘Miles Vorkosigan’ series of novels used to fit into a long line of naval sagas quite neatly....

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Ian McDonald: Kirinya

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Jonathan

Sequel to Chaga - McDonald's post-colonial masterpiece.

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