Bookstuff

Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams - Nick Webb

Ray — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:12:39 +0000

Douglas Adams was an extremely influential author. He wrote the much loved science fiction series The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and followed it up with the more existential Dirk Gently series. The Guide started life as a radio series on BBC radio, became a book and a television series and, more [...]

The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

Ray — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:37:15 +0000

I have an unwritten list of books that I feel I should read. You know the sort of list: it’s fluid and well meaning, it has the most popular current books, books which will expand your knowledge and the classics. The sort of books that would sit on your shelf and make you [...]

Mr Paradise - Elmore Leonard

Ray — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:04:57 +0000

The first thing you need to know about Elmore Leonard’s characters is that they are all impossibly cool. Even when they aren’t in a situation where they need to be cool, they just are. And this is what makes them so very readable. These people maintain their sang froid in situations that [...]

I Am Legend - Richard Matheson

Ray — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:18:38 +0000

This short novel will often show up on the list of top books, and for good reason. I Am Legend is a true classic of both Science Fiction and Horror. This was filmed in 1971 as The Omega Man (starring the late Charlton Heston) and has been recently remade as I Am Legend [...]

The Sound of Laughter - The Autobiography of Peter Kay

Ray — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:29:33 +0000

For anyone in the UK, Peter Kay will be a familiar name. He rose very quickly to be one of the top stand up comedians in the country and plays to packed houses. Additionally, he created, wrote and starred in Phoenix Nights a weekly sitcom which topped the TV charts and cemented his [...]

Nothing To Lose - Lee Child

Ray — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:47:09 +0000

The twelfth and latest of the Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child. As usual, this tale finds Jack dragged into another situation where life and death are on the line and the bad guys are trying to keep him away from the truth. Jack finds himself between two remote towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. [...]

Forever Free - Joe Haldeman

Ray — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:04:58 +0000

Sequel to the novel The Forever War, this story picks up with William Mandella after many years of living on a remote outpost with his family and friends. They all live on Middle Finger, a planet set up to purposely not be part of Man in case Man realised that they need to add [...]

The Forever War - Joe Haldeman

Ray — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:19:14 +0000

This is an eternally popular novel. Written in 1974, it tells the story of William Mandella a soldier drafted into an interstellar war against the Taurans (actually Aldebranians, but that’s too hard to pronounce). What sets this story apart is that time dilation is a prominent part of the telling of the story. [...]

Ask The Parrot - Richard Stark

Ray — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:24:52 +0000

Richard Stark is one of the pen names used by the master story teller Donald E Westlake. It should be noted that Westlake is often named as the favourite crime author of the top crime authors - high praise indeed. This novel begins at the end of the 2004 Parker novel “Nobody Runs Forever”. [...]

High Profile - Robert B Parker

Ray — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:57:05 +0000

This is another very strong book from Robert B Parker - the sixth in the Jesse Stone series. Here we see a high profile murder (hence the title) occur in Paradise and the continuation of the romance of Stone and Sunny Randall - herself the main title of her own series. As one [...]