The Terror - Dan Simmons

Dan Simmons explores the scarier side of history in his pseudo-factual chiller The Terror

Dec 28th 2007 12:13 // Reviews // No comments

Red Dog - Louis de Bernieres

Ordinarily I would never pick up a book by Louis de Bernieres. For one thing he has a pretentious name, although that may well not be his fault. (...more...)

Oct 27th 2005 13:25 // Reviews // No comments

The Beach - Alex Garland

I'd avoided reading The Beach for years, irrationally dismissing it as pretentious tosh for the middle classes. This opinion was partly derived from the fact that everyone seemed to be raving about it as soon as it was published - usually something that will consistently get my back up. (...more...)

Sep 14th 2005 15:51 // Reviews // 1 Comment

Sahara - Clive Cussler

So why am I now reading Clive Cussler, having successfully ignored him for all these years? Since you ask, here are the reasons: I saw the film (pretty obvious that, really); I enjoyed the film for what it's worth and wanted to, as it were, find out more; As a rule I'm interested in the process of adapting books into films, what gets changed, what gets chopped, and so on. (...more...)

Aug 4th 2005 15:03 // Reviews // 3 comments

The Stand - Stephen King

I just finished reading The Stand again for what must have been the third or fourth time. It's always been one of my favourite books, but I think I enjoyed it even more this last time - this is despite having recently watched the TV adaptation (which prompted me to reread in the first place) and consequently having fairly good idea of what was going to happen. (...more...)

Jul 24th 2005 13:33 // Reviews // No comments