A personal review of books, the only link between them is that there is NO LINK!
by Alastair Reynolds ISBN: 978-0-575-09054-5 First published 2016 425 pages Cover design & illustration: blacksheep-uk.com 3/5 Stars This is a great rip-roaring space yarn. The concepts introduced here are mind-boggling and truly awesome. However, although it doesn't say on the cover - it is a young adult book and reads as such. The story is… Continue reading Revenger
by Stanislaw Lem ISBN: 978-0-241-31278-0 First published 1971 129 pages Cover illustration: Hayley Warnham 4/5 Stars An impressive and believable vision of the future. The future is chemically driven and chemically possessed. A new form of government is created, we live in the first chemocracy. Ijon Tichy has been 'saved' from a riot in Costa Rica,… Continue reading The Futurological Congress
by Andy Mulligan ISBN: 978-1-909-53113-0 First published 2010 211 pages Cover photography : Getty Images 4/5 stars A fantastic rip-roaring 'boys-own' tale, about life at a mile-wide trash site in the Philippines. The smells and sounds of living on a garbage site are given life. Do you know what a 'Stupp' is? Have you ever… Continue reading Trash
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