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Thursday 2nd July 2015

2012

Dark Eden

Author : Chris Beckett

Summary :
Descendents of astronauts marooned on a strange world have become a community of 300+ over 5 ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 02 Jul 2015

Review of "Dark Eden"

Beckett has created a totally alien but believable world as a backdrop against which a timeless drama is played out. This is more than mere science fiction, it has believable characters with understandable motivations within a coherent and comprehensible situation.


Saturday 20th June 2015

2011

The Last Citadel

Author : Kevin Ashman

Summary :
A flooded world where people are confined to a citadel with a ring of outlying towers connected by ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 20 Jun 2015

Review of "The Last Citadel"

Ridiculous hokum. An unbelievable world and third rate faux medieval fantasy bolting together half a dozen tropes in an unconvincing and illogical tale.


Saturday 13th June 2015

2015

Snowblind

Author : Ragnar Jonasson

Summary :
Icelandic Crime. ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 13 Jun 2015

Review of "Snowblind"

Pretty good. Didn't really get all the oppressiveness of the snow stuff, but the plot worked quite well and a nice unrelated twist to do with his relationship with his girlfriend (who he had left behind)


Friday 5th June 2015

2014

Elizabeth Is Missing

Author : Emma Healey

Summary :
An account of the development of a woman's Altzheimers seen through her eyes as she struggles to ...

Reviewed by Roger, on 05 Jun 2015

Review of "Elizabeth Is Missing"

Convincing portrait of what it is like to live with progressive memory loss and the impact on those around


Tuesday 2nd June 2015

2000

This Changes Everything

Capitalism vs. the Climate

Author : Naomi Klein

Rated by , on 02 Jun 2015



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