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Archive for August 2008

Book Review - Blue War

In Book Reviews, Science Fiction on 29 August 2008 tagged author, Blue War, book, Jeffrey Thomas, Punktown, review, sci-fi with no comments

By Jeffrey Thomas
On the extra-dimensional planet of Sinan, a housing development has deviated from its standard pattern, and the smart matter that comprises the build has begun to develop independently, and at an alarming rate, as a replica of Punktown, complete in almost every detail except that it is completely blue. Given the size [...]

Book Review - Blood Of Elves

In Book Reviews, Fantasy on 28 August 2008 tagged Andrzej Sapkowski, Blood, book, Elves, fantasy, review with 2 comments

By Andrzej Sapkowski
This, the first novel in Sapkowski’s Witcher Saga, was first published in Poland in 1994 and is actually a sequel to the Witcher short stories collected in the books The Last Wish and A Sword Of Fate, and is itself followed by The Time of Disdain. It comes with a huge weight [...]

Book Review - The Gone Away War

In Book Reviews, Science Fiction on 13 August 2008 tagged author, debut novel, Nick Harkaway, review, sci-fi, science fiction with no comments

By Nick Harkaway
The weight of expectation hangs heavy on any debut novel, but more so for this one than most. It started with the huge advance (£300k we are led to believe) then grew with the realisation that the the author is the son of John Le Carre but after comparisons with the likes [...]