This is a book about travelling: through the world and through life. I have been to many of the places the poet describes in both of these areas, and I am drawn in by the similarity of our experiences. Travelling brings out inevitable themes of communication and colonialism, the nature of art and the difficulty…
Month: January 2022
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“The Burn of the Abyss” by Dmitry Pavlovsky
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Well, here we go with a rough-and-tumble Space Opera of the serious variety. There is little humour in this one, and little social interplay. Only enough to establish that relationships do exist. But the main driving force in this story is the conflict, with a small group of heroes bucking impossible odds against mysterious enemies.…
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“The Chatterboxes” by Nsununguli Mbo
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I chose this book for review because I was interested in the premise. Many people have observed babies and wondered what was going on in their heads. This book gives us one answer to the question, and you will never look at a baby the same way again. So in that respect, the author has…
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“Rogue Marauder: The Adventures of Haunalyn, Korbot, and Sneighd Book 1″ by Cherie Waggie
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Space Opera is a style of writing that stretches all the literary conventions in search of an entertaining read. Sometimes this results in great enjoyment. At other times, it descends into just plain poor writing. “Rogue Marauder” has its share of both. This is a sweeping, rambling collection of every cliché ever invented in the…
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“Alice’s Universe: the Discovery of a New Cosmos – Twice” by Terry Montlick
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I enjoyed this story for many reasons. Unfortunately, it’s a book that doesn’t quite know what it wants to be; it hovers between two different genres little interconnection between the two associated readerships. The author hasn’t made up his mind whether he’s writing super-hard-science Sci-Fi or near-future Fantasy Action-Adventure. So, the beginning of the book…