The Measure
13 July 2026The premise of The Measure is wonderfully simple. One morning, every adult in the world finds a small wooden box on their doorstep. Inside is a piece of string, and its length reveals how long your life will be. No complicated rules, no elaborate mythology. Just one impossible certainty, and the question of what humanity does with it.
As thought experiments go, this one hooked me almost immediately.
Some people refuse to open their box. Others change their lives overnight — leaving jobs, pursuing dreams, spending more time with family. Support groups appear, relationships shift, and before long society is reorganising itself around whether you're a long-stringer or a short-stringer.
Nikki Erlick doesn't spend much time explaining why the boxes appeared. She's more […]
Month in Review – June 2026
2 July 2026
Fantasy dominated my headphones this month, although it came in some unusual forms. Dragons worried about finance, a hero in the form of a plumber, vampire pirates, civil war era killers, and one that left me wondering whether I'd just listened to philosophy, satire, or an exceptionally vivid fever dream.
These Quick Takes slice each listen down to the essentials […]
The Midnight Train
8 July 2026
I thought Matt Haig's "Midnight" universe was a one-and-done type of deal, so was pleasantly surprised to find out this new addition. Unlike the first one where we follow the various possible lives of the protagonist and exploring what could have been, in this we are taken on a much more reflective look at a single life.
This time we […]
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Review Time Machine
Stringers
8 January 2023I spotted Stringers, written by Chris Panatier, in a Reddit post, and it sounded like something I'd enjoy, and it was! It wasn't the best book I've ever purchased, but it's a good, solid storyline with a unique take on some of that woo-woo hippy stuff like past lives, reincarnation and the like. I didn't find the humour as in-your-face laughs, rather than humorous asides and notes about all manner of bug-related reproduction methods you never knew you needed to know.
The hero of the story, Ben, is plagued by knowledge of bug reproduction and wristwatch facts. None of which he has ever bothered to learn; it's just been in his brain since he was born. Driving him nuts, he searches […]
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