I just finished reading ‘Mortal Engines’ by Philip Reeve. Somehow it seems as if the best books these days are all children’s books. Indeed, if it wasn’t for awesome children’s books (or young adults books really) from the likes of Rowling, Pullman and Reeve, we’d have nothing but a bunch of gravy train riding Da [...]
A Study in Red (The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper), by Brian L. Porter.
1888 and London is a grand metropolis of dark alleys and grim tenements, cut off from the sun by thick clouds of smog which also paint the buildings black. It’s the screams, so near, so common, that sends the shivers up [...]
Very intelligent you might say, very high concept it has been said. This book charts the waters ahead for humanity. It shows us just one possible path the stream of history may take. It teaches us, or rather drones on in the manner of an old school teacher who is due for retirement, just how [...]
What can I say about this tremendous novel, it is an accomplishment, that is for sure. I love India, and I love reading novels set in India. This one, set in a future India is definitely my favourite; it is as if Ian McDonald just happens to have precognition, as if he is able to [...]
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