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Monday 16th November 2020

2000

Original Language: English mins

The Quarry

Author : Iain Banks

Summary :
Of middle class friends and family. A dying (young) father assembles his old Uni pals for a farewell observed by his teenage son. The past is not perhaps as consequential as it seems...

Rated by rogerco, on 16 Nov 2020



Tuesday 15th September 2020

2020

Original Language: English mins

The Book of Trespass

Crossing the lines that divide us

Author : Nick Hayes

Summary :
How we lost our land, and why, and why it matters.
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Rated by rogerco, on 15 Sep 2020



Saturday 6th June 2020

2000

The Machine Stops

Author : E M Forster

Rated by rogerco, on 06 Jun 2020



Tuesday 21st April 2020

2000

The Three Body Problem

Author : Cixin Liu

Summary :
From the Chinese Cultural Revolution to an alien invasion fleet due to arrive in 2450.

Reviewed by Roger, on 21 Apr 2020

Review of "The Three Body Problem"

Opening with a stunning picture of the intensity of the cultural revolution and then through its consequences. The plot contains a number of reveals like a nest of russian dolls or peeling away the layers of an onion, but in reverse. Philosophical and ecological sci-fi in a quasi-socialist context


Monday 3rd February 2020

2000

The Fire Court

Author : Andrew Taylor

Rated by rogerco, on 03 Feb 2020



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