ReviewFantasy
Eschalon: Book III (PC Game review).
It has been 7 years since ‘Eschalon: Book I’ was released and although fans of ‘Eschalo’n had book 2 in 2010, it has…
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AndyWhitaker
I live in deepest darkest Essex where I enjoy photography, real ales, walking my dog, cooking and a really good book. I own an e-book reader which goes with me everywhere but still enjoy the traditional paper based varieties.
My oriental studies have earned me a black belt in Suduko and I'm considered a master in deadly Bonsai (there are very few survivors).
February 2014
ReviewFantasy
The Lust Lizard Of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore (book review).
‘The Lust Lizard Of Melancholy Cove’ fits into the pigeon hole labelled ‘comic fantasy’, although there are only two fantasy elements. Steve the…
ReviewComics
Steam Engines Of Oz Volume 2: The Geared Leviathan by Sean Patrick O’Reilly & Erik Hendrix (graphic novel review).
If there was one word I would use to describe ‘The Geared Leviathan’ graphic novel it is ‘sumptuous’. The layout, artwork and lettering…
ReviewScifi
Transition by Iain M. Banks (book review).
‘Transition’ is about a multiverse where there an infinite number of Earths ranging from almost similar to the one we know to the…
ReviewScifi
Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars by Keith R. A. DeCandido (game tie-in book review).
‘Command And Conquer: Tiberium Wars’ is the official novel of the popular real time computer strategy game of the same name. Having played…
January 2014
ReviewScifi
The Machine (An Ethan Stone Thriller) by Tom Aston (book review)
I quite like books that take cutting edge technologies and extrapolate them to provide an interesting slant on what could be. Michael Crichton…
December 2013
ReviewBooks
Perfect Dark: Initial Vector by Greg Rucka (book review).
‘Initial Vector’ is the follow on story to the Xbox game ‘Perfect Dark Zero’. This was one of the initial games at…
ReviewBooks
The Affinity Bridge (A Newbury & Hobbes Investigation book 1) by George Mann (book review).
Now I have an e-reader which I use quite a lot but this edition of ‘The Affinity Bridge’ provides the reasons you should…
ReviewScifi
Pleasure Model (Netherworld book 1) by Christopher Rowley (book review).
The text on the back cover says this is Heavy Metal Pulp, ‘a new line of novels combining noir fiction with fantastic art…
ReviewScifi
Surface Detail by Iain M Banks (book review).
‘Surface Detail’ is a Culture novel packed full of interesting ideas and sub-plots. The blurb on the back cover says that the Culture…
ReviewFantasy
Silver May Tarnish by Andre Norton and Lyn McConchie (a Witch World novel) (book review).
Set in the ‘Witch World’ environment created by Andre Norton, this novel written by Lyn McConchie tells the tale of Meive and Lorcan.…
November 2013
ReviewFantasy
Lost Covenant: A Widdershins Adventure by Ari Marmell (book review).
Following on from ‘Thief’s Covenant’ and then ‘False Covenant’ we have ‘Lost Covenant’ as the third in the ‘Widdershins Adventure’ fantasy series of…