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Saturday 1st March 2025

2023

The HiddenTruth

Author : Hans Schultz

Summary :
Slightly alternative reality present day conspiracy idea around a secret aspect of electromagnetism which has been supressed
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Reviewed by rogerco, on 01 Mar 2025

Review of "The HiddenTruth"

Very enjoyable fast read with intriguing plot idea well executed. Sufficient basis in reality to make it convincing - could it even be true?! Interesting exposition of the workings of the parasitic deep state which does ring true and one is vaguely aware that there is something odd about electricity and energy - what happened to Tesla's ideas? Is zero point energy a real thing? Does an Odin Coil do anything? - these are not topics covered in the book.



Wednesday 12th February 2025

An Officer and a Spy

Author : Robert Harris

Summary :
Story of the Dreyfus Affair 1896-1906 in France

Reviewed by rogerco, on 12 Feb 2025

Surprisingly Enjoyable

Despite misgivings before never having read any Robert Harris but having a slightly negative impression of him this turned out to be quite a gripping read. Story very clearly told and carried one along



Sunday 2nd February 2025

2008

Bleeding Heart Square

Author : Andrew Taylor

Summary :
London in 1930s, a murder mystery against the background of the rise of british fascism
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Reviewed by rogerco, on 02 Feb 2025

Review of "Bleeding Heart Square"

Enjoyable read with convincing setting. Slightly similar plot to the first of the Marwood trilogy?



Thursday 30th January 2025

2023

Held

Author : Anne Michaels

Summary :
Episodic story across generations from 1920 to 2000+
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Reviewed by rogerco, on 30 Jan 2025

Ultimately Disappointing

At first I was quite enjoying - the episodic literary writing style was starting to weave a coherent pattern, but then it all fell apoart in the last third as we lost sight of the core charaters and loads of other random people statrted appearing with no apparent connection. Finished confused and annoyed



Wednesday 22nd January 2025

Collected Stories of Arthur C Clarke

Author : Arthur C Clarke

Summary :
From 1937 to 200. 104 short stories - some less than a page, some many pages.
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Reviewed by rogerco, on 22 Jan 2025

Variable quality, but interesting

Took a long while to read. They come in historical order which shows an interesting development in complexity and a surprisingly persistent belief in techno-utopia as the end game. Only in the last few is this slightly moderated. Length and quality variable and not correlated.



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