Darkmans
About eighteen years ago, I got a copy of Nicola Barker’s “Darkmans” for Christmas. It’s a hefty novel, one of those …
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Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation
I managed to read all of the foundation novels since I wrote about the first one. In this post, I’ll write about the next two, which covers …
Isaac Asimov, Foundation
For our first anniversary we decided to exhange books. What better way to celebrate a paper anniversary? Ingrid bought me the entire …
J. G. Ballard, Hello America
I had low expectations for “Hello America”, the next in the series of Ballard novels that I started reading over seven years …
J. G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company
I last wrote about a JG Ballard novel nearly three years ago. That one - “High-Rise” - has since been made into a film. The …
J. G. Ballard, High-Rise
After a few false starts I managed to finish “High-Rise”, the next in my collection of JG Ballard novels. For a book that I had …
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 …
J. G. Ballard, Concrete Island
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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 …