Waterhole Economies
Review Non-Fiction

Waterhole Economies

If hunter-gatherer societies sustained themselves for the overwhelming majority of human existence, is there something modern civilisation has forgotten? That’s Samuel Layne’s central question, and whether you end up agreeing with his conclusions or not, it’s a genuinely interesting one

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The Measure
Review Science Fiction

The Measure

The 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

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[1] Stumbling Up A Loser's Guide to Progression, Book
Review LitRPG

Stumbling Up

Stumbling Up sounded right up my alley. An underpowered hero, a LitRPG world, and a telepathic banana slug called Richard? I was sold before I’d even hit play. Unfortunately, it never quite fully came together for me. Cole is about

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[1] Last Save Dave A LitRPG Adventure
Review LitRPG

Last Save Dave

Dave Deranger peaked in the nineties. He won the Nintendo World Championships, picked up an Olympic silver medal in boxing, and now spends his days unclogging toilets. Naturally, this makes him the ideal candidate to save Earth. Last Save Dave

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The Beach
Review Fiction

The Beach

The Beach is one of those books I read ages ago and mostly remembered as a kind of sun-bleached escape story. Coming back to it now, it still has that easy pull in the early sections, Bangkok, Ke Shan Road,

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Caput Mundi the Head of the World Book 1 Enarii
Review Fantasy

Caput Mundi

Kidnapping an eleven-year-old because his dad owes money sounds like a fairly grim way to open a middle grade fantasy, but fortunately for Niil, his kidnappers are quite personable for people trying to use him as a bargaining chip. It

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