K J Parker’s Savages is escapist fun about the fall and the rise and the fall and the rise (maybe) of Empire told with a wry sense of humour. As this is my first taste of Parker at novel length (I read one of his award...
Read MoreThe Chimes is a beautifully written book – it came as no surprise to read in the author bio that Anna Smaill is a poet – with a post apocalyptic setting that is imaginative and ambitious in concept but makes only a...
Read MoreThe Buried Giant is my first taste of Kazuo Ishiguro’s work and on reflection possibly not the best place to start. Intellectually I enjoyed the novel, especially the second half, but some uneven character work made the...
Read MoreWhat’s It About It’s the third and final book in the Southern Reach series. Do I need to say more? Representative Paragraph The majesty of the natural world – the known and the unknown… Once, from this vantage, [Saul...
Read MoreWhat’s It About This is second novel in the Southern Reach trilogy and follows directly on from the events of Annihilation. All you need to know is that a new head has been appointed to lead the Southern Reach (the pseudo...
Read MoreWhat’s It About [The back cover blurb is long so I’m just cutting and pasting the last paragraph] Two lives, two worlds, two versions of modern history. Each with their loves and losses, their sorrows and triumphs. My Real...
Read More… and it includes the following five books. Katherine Addison, The Goblin Emperor (Tor Books) Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Stairs (Broadway Books/Jo Fletcher Books) David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks (Random House/Sceptre...
Read MoreWhat’s It About Maia is the only son of the fourth wife of the Emperor of the Elflands. Following his mother’s premature death, the Emperor (not the most loving of fathers) banishes him to a household in the middle of nowhere...
Read More… Sofia Samatar with Stranger in Olondria. In my round-up of the award I picked Neil Gaiman as the winner and I’m glad to have been proven wrong. Stranger in Olondria is wonderful novel, with lush prose and a...
Read MoreThe World Fantasy Award will be announced later this month at the coincidentally named World Fantasy convention. The Best Novel nominees for the award are: Richard Bowes, Dust Devil on a Quiet Street (Lethe Press) Marie Brennan,...
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