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1'st Sight of Brentford Advantages: Music, Time Travel, Strange Moustaches Etc etc Disadvantages: Time Travel makes me dizzy I read this book on holiday it was meant to last me through the holiday but I actually read it in 1 day. Mostly because I stayed up all night reading it. This book should come with a disclaimer not to read it when you have a drink as time travel makes you very dizzy and you need to lay down. The characters you meet are brilliant. I loved the character of Soap Distant but this was the 1st time i had met any of the characters and I was a bit confused ... ...through time and sanity. Mostly marred by insanity I think. It contains so many twists I can't even begin to explain the story. You meet Soap Distant (traveller to the centre of the earth) first who seems about the sanest character in the story and like so many people he is chasing his 15 minutes of fame but he comes back to a world very different to the one he left. Richard Branson rules the world you would think he couldn't do much worse than the ... bellybee 27.11.2004 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls - Robert Rankin	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Robert Heinlein, First and Best Advantages: A very entertaining thoughtful reat Disadvantages: Not to every ones liking Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein. Published in 1959. Very brief synopsis:- With this book you follow the life of one Juan (Johnny) Rico from his enlistment in the Federal Service, Mobile Infantry, up to his command of a platoon of these troops in an Interstellar war. Mankind is facing a Bug like alien species, something like a giant ant crossed with a spider. Johnny Rico comes from a background of wealth and privilege and through peer pressure ... ...who has completed a minimum two year service has the Right to vote. Not everybody wants to serve and thus vote. A good part of the book is taking up with his time at boot camp and the training he undergoes. Running in the background that we are not aware of is the situation that is getting steadily worse, going from normal peace time through a state of emergency to a full war. The reasons for this we are not told. This book is written in the third ... Coloneljohn 18.04.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Much read Advantages: Thought provoking Disadvantages: Can cause you to look at life on Earth differently Although the language and the social mores illustrated in this novel are outdated by modern standards, many pf the ideas and concepts raised are still challenging. Michael, the hero of the book is the offspring of members of hte first manned trip to Mars. When his parents die, he is raised by the local inhabitants, until he is 'rescued' by the next mission. Michael returns to Earth, bringing with him a whole new outlook on life. During the course ... ...my ingrained opinions and taboos. it deals with sexual fidelaty, monogomy, insest, canabalism and several more...not always in a way that is flattering to the human race. This is a novel that changed the way I think. It made me consider everything that I had previously acccepted as the absolute truth. It is a novel I re-read at interval, and one that I always recommend to someone exploring the more meaningful side of sci-fi/fantasy. ... RoseButterfly 25.04.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
10 years later and he's still my favorite Advantages: Great, story-driven period piece Disadvantages: none It's been ten long years since Robert R. McCammon published a novel, and I've been waiting impatiently the whole time. He was / is best known for his spellbinding horror novels, publishing a slew of excellent novels through the 1980s. I read every McCammon novel when I became a fan in 1990, and by the time "Gone South" was published I had caught up and had read everything he'd written to that point. Little did I know that I'd be waiting TEN YEARS ... ..."Speaks the Nightbird" was worth the wait. I plunged into this lengthy, satisfying novel and it was like speaking with an old friend after a long absence. This novel is a bit of a departure for the writer, as it's every bit a historical novel as it is a mystery story. The closest McCammon came to a historical novel was the WWII setting for "The Wolf's Hour", so I was a bit skeptical about him trying a "period" piece such as this. Thankfully, his ... President-X-D 12.08.2003 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Speaks the Nightbird - Robert McCammon	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Snuff Fiction Advantages: Very Funny, Great ending Disadvantages: None ...his own vision. In snuff fiction a character who survived the millenium tells his life story. The book seems to lack direction for the most part drifting from event to event, but this doesn't matter because the indivdual events are told so excellently and are hugely funny. Towards the end it starts to pick up pace and all the events of earlier come together and build to one of the most satisfying endings I've ever read. As good as Terry Pratchett ... dom00 12.07.2000 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Snuff Fiction - Robert Rankin	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...