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Books, Music / February 21, 2009 / John / 0
Despite loving music and loving reading, I very rarely do both at the same time. For some reason, though, while sitting on the sofa reading “Wizard and Glass” this morning, I felt an urge to put on “Greetings from Asbury Park N.J.” by the inimitable Mr Springsteen. I wonder if Stephen King was listening to
Books / February 17, 2009 / John / 2
I don’t give up on a book very often. Almost never, in fact. But I just can’t go on with this one. I bought it on spec – I generally don’t read crime novels, but thought I’d give it a go as it’s had pretty good reviews. I just can’t seem to enjoy it –
Books / February 11, 2009 / John / 1
I love it when a book surprises me. It doesn’t happen very often, sadly, but it did with this one. World War Z not only surprised me, but…. well, hang on – let’s back up a bit. From reading the dust cover, you’d think this was an action / horror story. World invaded by zombies, mankind fighting
Books / January 28, 2009 / John / 2
I appear to have some difficulty when it comes to series. Inasmuch as I seem to be incapable of reading the whole series from start to finish. For example, at the moment, I’ve read the first three books of “The Dark Tower”, by Stephen King; the first book of “Warlord”, by Bernard Cornwell; and have
Books / January 27, 2009 / John / 1
The Winter King  is the first volume in Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord trilogy. It’s a retelling of the Arthur legends, but from a more historical perspective. Gone are the glittering castles, Knights in full armour, and magic wielding druids. They’ve been replaced by warrior tribes, mud, mental nature worshippers, mud, blood, mud, murder, mud, and turnips. And
Books, Gaming News, Geekery, Ramblings / March 5, 2008 / John / 1
Gary Gygax, legendary co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died today at age 69. For three decades, his work has allowed children and adults alike to escape real-life and take on the persona of mighty warriors, haughty magic users and sneaky rogues. To a lot of people, it seems like the man did nothing
Books / July 24, 2007 / John / 0
Well, that’s that then! It has been a wonderful journey since 1997, with each subsequent release generating more excitement than the last, but it’s over now. Everything is tied up and explained. There’s room for, if not a sequel, a continuation. Let’s face it, with the richness of the world Ms Rowling has created, it
Books / May 24, 2006 / John / 4
This is a strange book. It’s actually two, really, and although both are set in the same world with essentially the same technology, they’re several hundreds of millions of years apart and very different in style. The McGuffin (there’s always one, isn’t there?) is ‘The Bobbler’. It’s a device which can create a perfect sphere
Books / January 1, 2006 / John / 0
I have a bit of a love/hate thing going on with Stephen Donaldson. He manages to create the most loathsome, irritating and frustrating characters and then drops them into compelling storylines. I spend my time between urging them on then being frustrated when they stubbornly refuse to behave the way I would 🙂 Runes of
Books / September 21, 2005 / John / 2
I just know this is going to irk the purists, but then what are purists for if not irking, eh? Finished this last night. Well, I actually finished it about twenty years ago, but I saw it on the shelf and thought – ‘ohhhh, I liked that as a lad, I’ll read it again’. What