New Year, New Look
Duncan As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume This blog has been a little neglected for a while, not that…
Updates are Happening
There will be quite a few updates and minor changes to the site over the next few weeks. I want to be posting on a more regular basis and I…
James Earl Jones (1931-2024)
When an actor, or someone in the public eye sadly dies not only do you start thinking of your own mortality but what that person meant to you and the…
A Tale of Two Surgeons
A Tale of two Surgeons It’s always interesting when you get two books with the same title covering similar ground. Here we have the tale of two Star Surgeons, both…
What to do with all that Stuff – August 2023
As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume What to do with all that Stuff. To quote the much maligned…
Black Fire by Sonni Cooper
The Vulcan with the Jewel Earring As always I believe that we all judge books by their covers, otherwise why bother with one? The cover of Black Fire is a…
Artemis by Andy Weir
A Fun Crime Caper in a Hostile Environment Andy Weir’s rise to prominence with The Martian (2011) is well known, he started by serialising it on his website and then…
City by Clifford D. Simak
A Lamentation to Mankind City is a Post Apocalyptic novel, don’t let anyone tell you any different. The Apocalypse may not be a large single world changing even but the…
All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
A Solid addition to the Dragonriders Series Anne McCaffrey was inspired in part to write Science Fiction due to some of the ways women were portrayed in the genre. She…
Intermission – Back and Forth 2022/23
As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume Looking for the next Squirrel It’s been a weird year and I’ve…