Audiobook Reviews

The Light at Midnight

25 January 2021

The Light at Midnight by Tom Reppert is, in a word, superb. I’m not a student of history. It never was a strong suit of mine at school, and when given a chance, I dropped it in favour of a […]

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Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley is another classic sci-fi that’s been on my list for a while and have only just got around to reading. I’m on a bit of a nostalgic kick at the moment, and this one fits

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Review Science Fiction

The Man in the Maze

9 January 2021

First published in 1968, The Man in the Maze by Robert Silverberg is certainly a product of its time. Manly men cavort across the universe with women there for decoration and to have sex with. If you can get past

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Review Humor

Sex, Lies and the Bomb

5 January 2021

Sex, Lies and the Bomb by Anthony Vincent Bruno left me speechless. Absolutely mind-blown by the end. After finishing this book, I looked through his other works and found them to be the polar opposite of his humorous end-of-the-world tale,

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Review Science Fiction

The Stone Canal

31 December 2020

The Stone Canal by Ken Macleod is book 2 of “The Fall Revolution” series, and one I’ve read in paperback and Kindle form and now experienced in its audio form. The books in this series, starting with The Star Fraction (previous review),

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Review Science Fiction

Little Fuzzy

28 December 2020

Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper has been languishing on my “to-read” list for quite some time. I found it just after Audible announced the Audible Plus catalogue so I could pick it up for no extra credits, but because

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Review LitRPG

Another Online: All Hail the Queen

18 December 2020

Author Terra Snover pitched “Another Online: All Hail the Queen” to me as “Wreck-it Ralph meets Handmaid’s Tale” and I was in, no questions. A brilliant elevator pitch if ever I heard one, but also rather accurate. I enjoyed every

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Review Satire

QualityLand

7 December 2020

QualityLand, by Marc-Uwe Kling. Where you can only talk in superlatives – hence the subject line for this review! Where machines don’t make mistakes. A world where who you are is governed by algorithms who know you better than you

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Review Science Fiction

The Martian Chronicles

26 November 2020

For some reason, The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury was one that always slipped me by. When the opportunity came up to grab it as part of a 2-for-1 deal a while back I jumped at it without even listening

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Review Children's Books

The Weirdies

26 November 2020

I can best describe The Weirdies by Michael Buckley as “Matilda meets The Addams Family”. This was an absolute delight, reminiscent of the great Roald Dahl with horrid characters, horrible things going on that are seemingly normal, and an overall

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Review Science Fiction

The Stone Man

14 November 2020

I picked up The Stone Man by Luke Smitherd as part of a two-for-one deal that popped up when it was time to spend a credit. I’d never heard of this author before but was intrigued enough by the blurb

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Review Science Fiction

Brave New World

15 October 2020

Before this audiobook, I’d only ever read this story once… years ago now on my Kindle. Apparently, I had forgotten a rather alarming amount of what happens, to the point I’m now wondering if I ever actually finished it. First

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