Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon was written in 1956 and tells of the experiences of West Indian men moving to London for work. It has …
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Never Mind The Ballards
Ages ago I set out to write a post for each of JG Ballard’s novels. In fact it is the oldest post on this blog. Most of the novels (I don’t …
Mark Rowlands, The Philosopher And The Wolf
I saw that a friend had ‘liked’ this book on Facebook and reading about it on amazon, I was curious enough to give it a go. It is the …
Frank Herbert, Dune
A week or so ago, I finished reading Dune by Frank Herbert. It tells the story of a revolution within a Galactic Empire that takes place on …
J. G. Ballard, Concrete Island
Favourite Culture Ship Names
As I mentioned before I am re-reading the novels of Iain Banks and this weekend I managed to finish Consider Phlebas. A little post about it …
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J. G. Ballard, Crash
J. G. Ballard, The Crystal World
At last, Ballard in full flow. The Crystal World (TCW) is definitely the most enjoyable of the early trio of apocalyptic novels. It takes …
J. G. Ballard, The Drought
On to The Drought by J. G. Ballard in my ongoing quest to read and review all of his novels. This is his second novel, if we assume his …
J. G. Ballard, The Drowned World
J. G. Ballard
Reading “Crash” at 17 left me in a state of numb shock. It got me hooked and left me with J. G. Ballard as one of my favourite …