‘Printed Books’ Archives
Crooked Little Vein
Warren Ellis's first novel represents everything Ellis is interested in. All the sci-fi/sex elements he is known for are very much present in this story, even more than anything else he's written. That's both a strength and a flaw. If you're really interested in those funny stories about weird sex and technology you'll love this book. Even if [...]
Stardust
After watching the movie adaptation, I obviously went back to the source and listened to the audio version of Stardust written by Neil Gaiman. At the same time I also looked at the illustrated book. This is a really good fantasy/fairy tale for adults. There are many scary scenes in this book, but it also contained many light hearted scenes. The [...]
Eastern Standard Time
Cory Doctorow is famous for his war against DRM. But he is also a sci-fi writer and gives away his novels for free on his website. Yes, free. This way he gets much more exposure, and in the end many more people buy his books. I read his first novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom and I really liked it. So I was eager to read his next [...]
Fight Club
I am a huge fan of the Fight Club movie, so I've always wanted to read the novel from which it was adapted. Chuck Palahniuk certainly has a very distinctive style, and a lot of his lines made it to the film word by word. Since I'd already seen the movie, the plot wasn't a surprise to me, so what I enjoyed a lot was noticing the difference [...]
The Book of Fate
This book is written by Brad Meltzer, who just recently finished his run on the DC Comics series Justice League of America. It is advertised as dealing with the secret of the Freemasons, in fact many of the secrets are already spilled in the official website. However the main focus is actually not about the Freemasons, that's just a background. [...]
Private Wars: A Queen & Country Novel
This is the last Queen & Country story so far, and it is another good story. This time out Tara is sent out to Uzbekistan for a covert-covert mission. At the beginning of this novel Tara has to deal with the consequences of what happened at the end of the previous novel (A Gentleman's Game), which changes her life in a major way. The [...]