Book Review – Caligula
Douglas Jackson is a new Scottish writer who became a bit of a local sensation when he recently secured a six-figure deal with Transworld Publishers; a deal that includes his debut Caligula and a sequel titled Claudius. As the title suggests, the story of Caligula is set in Ancient Rome, more specifically in the 1st century AD . . .
Book Review – Equal Rites
Author: Terry Pratchett Cover Artist: Josh Kirby Publisher: Corgi Books Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 1986 It is well known that stone can think, because the whole of electronics is based on that fact, but in some universes men spend ages looking for other intelligences in the sky without once looking under their feet. [...]
Book Review – The Light Fantastic
Author: Terry Pratchett Cover Artist: Josh Kirby Publisher: Corgi Books Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 1986 Great A’Tuin is the only creature in the entire universe that knows exactly where it is going. Of course, philosophers have debated for years where Great A’Tuin might be going, and have often said how worried they are [...]
Book Review – The Colour of Magic
Author: Terry Pratchett Cover Artist: Josh Kirby Publisher: Corgi Books Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 1985 The discworld offers sights far more impressive than those found in universes built by Creators with less imagination but more mechanical aptitude. The Sending of the Light – Prologue People have been bugging me to read Pratchett for ages and [...]
Book Review – The Wishstone and the Wonderworkers
Author: Hugh Cook Cover Artist: Steve Crisp Publisher: Corgi Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 1990 Part of the Chronicles of an Age of Darkness series, The Wishstone and the Wonderworkers by Hugh Cook is a strong action-orientated standalone novel that accomplishes several things that the other books were not able to. There is a certain air [...]
Book Review – Interesting Times
Author: Terry Pratchett Cover Artist: Josh Kirby Publisher: Corgi Books Binding: Paperback Publication Date: November 1994 Interesting Times is an installment of Terry Pratchett’s famed Discworld series. The Discworld series is one of my all time favorite series in all of speculative fiction. Pratchett is easily the genre’s best satirist (only even approached by Mr. [...]
