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Books Read: Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
by Mondyboy | Nov 5, 2024 | Book Reviews | 0
I was a big fan of Lakshminarayan’s Ten Percent Thief, a deserved Clarke Award nominee. With...
Read MoreMovies Watched: Challengers, directed by Luca Guadagnio
by Mondyboy | Nov 3, 2024 | Movie Reviews | 0
Tennis, much like golf, does very little for me. I can sit through five days of a Test Match but...
Read MoreBooks Read: Her First American by Lore Segal
by Mondyboy | Nov 2, 2024 | Book Reviews | 0
I typically write these reviews a couple of days after I’ve read the book (there are exceptions to...
Read MoreMovies Watched: Late Night With the Devil, directed by the Cairnes Brothers
by Mondyboy | Oct 31, 2024 | TV Reviews | 0
I had no idea this was an Australian film (it was made up the road from me at Docklands Studio)....
Read MoreBooks Read: Private Rites by Julia Armfield
by Mondyboy | Oct 30, 2024 | Book Reviews | 0
One collection and two novels down, and Julia Armfield is right up there with Nina Allan as one of...
Read MoreBooks Read: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
by Mondyboy | Oct 29, 2024 | Book Reviews | 0
I liked Kushner’s last novel, The Mars Room, but I’m happy to admit that parts of it went over my...
Read MoreBooks Read: In Universes by Emet North
by Mondyboy | Oct 23, 2024 | Book Reviews | 0
In Universes is the classic “Your Mileage May Vary” novel. I loved the central conceit. Broken...
Read MoreBooks Read: The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
by Mondyboy | Oct 22, 2024 | Book Reviews | 0
Given my patchy reading past, you’ll be surprised to hear that this isn’t my first Wyndham. I’ve...
Read MoreBooks Read: The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
by Mondyboy | Oct 13, 2024 | Book Reviews | 0
Thanks to a very kind editor, I can choose most books I review for Locus. Although Edelweiss* has...
Read MoreBooks Read: Good Night, Sleep Tight by Brian Evenson
by Mondyboy | Oct 10, 2024 | Book Reviews | 0
Evenson’s latest collection gathers 19 stories—mostly horror, including several that take place in...
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