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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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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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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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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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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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Blade Runner

30 September 2020

First off, the narration in this is painfully slow. I feel that needed to be said upfront, because if you can’t stand sloooow narration, then be warned. I changed the playback speed to 1.5x before I could listen to it

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The Star Fraction

9 July 2020

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod in my life. I remember buying this as a paperback way back in the early 2000s. It sticks in my mind because it was one

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The Little Ship of Horrors

1 July 2020

I picked up this cracker of a story and listened through it in a couple of sittings (life annoyingly getting in the way as it does). The author, Vee James, lists his favourite authors include Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Eric

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