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Black Man - A real page turner

Advantages: GREAT READ
Disadvantages: NOTHING

Black Man. = This book has a feel of Bladerunner meets Jason Bourne meets Hitman. Carl Marsalis was created. Carl is a variant Thirteen. He was made to genetically be the best, the most perfect super soldier there had ever been. But something has gone wrong after his last mission Carl has lost his willingness to kill. His superiors refuse to believe and instead use him as a Hitman for the UN. However this failure to kill gets him into trouble ...
...Carl thinks that now it must truly all be over with but then another Thirteen has just returned from Mars and is running around killing people. It is also killing off other Thirteens. Carl must find and kill it or wait for it to come for him. But as usual not everything is as it seems and soon there are twists and turns along the way and the conclusion is a superb ending to the book. The writing is crisp and fresh. Whilst the book races along and ...

MaldivesHoliday 16.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Black Man (Gollancz) - Richard Morgan

Behold the book

Advantages: Fantastic story
Disadvantages: Could upset the devoutly religious

Behold the Man is one of the hardest books to put down I have ever come across. You pick it up thinking "one chapter before dinner" and end up delaying dinner so you can read more, it is that compelling. Basically the book tells the story of Karl Glogauer. Bullied at school, as an adult he is looking for some meaning in life, both romantic and spiritual, and often one gets in the way of the other. Given the chance to travel back in time (a one ...
...try to discover the truth about the crucixion and Christ. Story alternates between Karls' life in our present, and his current life (the past) in Roman occupied Judea. His miserable school life, his failed relationships and his quest for the truth all intwine to make for a compelling and original tale, which climaxes in a shocking (but inevitable) conclusion. Apparently when the book came out, it was denounced in certain quarters as blasfamous, ...

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Review of Behold the Man - Michael Moorcock

It is not just about football!

Advantages: It's very funny, and oh so true!
Disadvantages: None

The Disc, for those who don't know, continues to float in space, supported by the elephants who ride the back of the great swimming turtle A'tuin. The Hub about which the planet spins is a centre of great magic, and best avoided if you want to live a happy and contented life. At the outer perimeter is the great circle sea which unendingly streams over the rim into the void, which is best avoided if you want to continue to live at all. Most Discians ...
...Smeems, for instance, is the Candle Nave at the Unseen University. He has to worry about keeping the candles not just alight, but properly melted, artistically, gothicly, dribbled, as it were. Of course, there's Trevor to help. And there's Nutt. With two t's. Trevor Likely has a tendency to skive off work whenever possible, and to kick a tin can around. His dad was a legend. Nutt is… well, no-one's quite sure what Nutt is, even him. Goblin isn't ...

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Review of The Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett

From Dead to Worse

Advantages: Good read
Disadvantages: Lots of threads, can be confusing

...A failed attempt of takeover from werewolves in another area results in Alcide becoming the new packleader. This, however, comes with a price which is the death of a few weres in the community including the previous packmaster Patrick, Maria-Star, Alcide’s girlfriend. As for the vampires, the explosion in the vampire summit results in the loss of various main personnel in Queen Sophie’s court and the King of Nevada, Felipe, grabs the opportunity. ...
...Louisiana apart from Eric and his gang. Eric surrenders to the new regime and manages to keep his area. And with Sookie saving the King from the attack of the Sophie’s last surviving child, Eric is slowly gaining the trust of the new King. And as for our heroine Sookie, a surprise meeting with her great-grandfather Niall reveals her heritage of being part-fairy. This completes Andre’s discovery of Sookie having fairy blood. And also explains the ...

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Review of From Dead to Worse - Charlaine Harris

A mind bending story of artificial realities

Advantages: A very novel and surreal look at life
Disadvantages: Hard to follow and too outside of the box

...starts to unfold around him. Time and logic really start mind bending when objects around him start fading away and in time, the reality of the illusion is uncovered. So why the illusion and where is he really living? What is his role in the new existence. MY THOUGHTS I love the surreal nature of science fiction that completely thinks outside of the box. This book achieves this in abundance and creates an entirely new set of rules for existence ...
...whether to recommend this book to friends as it really is down to individual preference and how your own logic works. It didn’t entirely work for me but there again I am glad that I read it. Please take the time to rate this review. Thank you ...

Nothing-But-The-Truth 09.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Time Out of Joint - Philip K. Dick