Book Review – ‘Salem’s Lot (Illustrated Edition)
Author: Stephen King Published By: Hodder & Stoughton Cover and illustrations: Jerry N. Uelsmann Binding: Hardback Publication Date: 2006 King’s second novel, originally published in 1975, has enjoyed renewed attention recently after the appearance of Father Callahan in the Dark Tower books. I suppose the literary virtue of King linking up a large number of [...]
Book Review – The Book of Lost Things
Author: John Connolly Cover Artist: Rob Ryan Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2006 Irish author John Connolly is perhaps best known for his crime stories that hover on the edges between traditional detective stories and supernatural horror, but with The Book of Lost Things, Connolly travels deeper into fantasy-land, reinventing age-old fairy [...]
Book Review – Sandworms of Dune
Author: Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Cover Artist: Chris Moore Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 2008 Sandworms of Dune is the second part of a project by Herbert and Anderson to write the unfinished finale of Frank Herbert’s classic Dune series. I gave quite a lot of thought about [...]
Book Review – Brethren
Author: Robyn Young Cover Artist: Larry Rostant Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 2007 Brethren is the debut novel of Robyn Young and the first of a historical trilogy set during the final decades of the crusades. Brethren covers the years 1260 – 1272 and was published in 2006. The second [...]
Book Review – Starship Troopers
Author: Robert A. Heinlein Cover Artist: Keith Scaife Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Binding: Mass Market Paperback Publication Date: 2005 A classic in the genre of science fiction but also a somewhat controversial book. Most of us will have seen Paul Verhoeven’s movie bases on this book. After having read Starship Troopers I think it is [...]
Book Review – The Swarm
Author: Frank Schätzing Cover Artist: Getty Images Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2004 There’s nothing like reading a big, fat thriller novel every now and then. It’s a specialised genre, with its own rules, and for me the pleasure comes not so much from any literary quality, but from the fast-paced action [...]
Book Review – The Dark Shore
Author: A.A. Attanasio Cover Artist: Mike Van Houten Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 1996 Irth, the world of The Dark Shore, is a place where magic, or Charm, is as useful and as accessible as electricity is to us. Perhaps more so, for as well as being practical, it’s also a medium [...]
