A personal review of books, the only link between them is that there is NO LINK!
by Dwight Jon Zimmerman ISBN: 978-0-8090-5358-2 First published 2012 148 pages Illustrated by Wayne Vansant Publisher: Hill and Wang (Farrar, Starus and Giroux) 3/5 Stars A great introduction to the lead up to the American civil war. Abraham Lincoln is well known, but not so much Frederick Douglass. This is an illustrated parallel biography of… Continue reading The Hammer and the Anvil
by Philip Pullman ISBN: 978-1-407154-18-3 First published 1997 325 pages Cover illustration: Unknown Inside illustrations: Philip Pullman Publisher: Scholastic 5/5 Stars Fantastic, fast-moving fantasy adventure story, set in this world and 2 others - like it but different. The second in a trilogy, it reads easily and the plot flows freely. Balloonists, witches, Oxford gardens… Continue reading The Subtle Knife
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
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