Archive for the ‘Science fiction (scifi)’ Category

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Book Review: The Honour of the Knights (First Edition) – Stephen J Sweeney

As a long-time reader of science fiction, in this case ‘space opera’, this book had some heavyweight competition to spar with, but it held its own in my humble opinion. I must admit for the first few pages I felt uncertain of this book, but then rightly so the author had laid down some foundations [...]

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Book Review: Time Riders ‘The Eternal War’ – Alex Scarrow

The Eternal War is part of the ‘Time Riders’ time travel series by Alex Scarrow. I had enjoyed the previous books, but I must admit when it came time to read this instalment, I felt it was make or break time for me and the series. This time travel series is aimed at the teen [...]

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Book Review: Time Riders ‘The Doomsday Code’ – Alex Scarrow

Book three of the Time Riders series and it did not disappoint. Sitting here writing this review I can easily imagine this series being televised, a radio show or a graphic novel edition. I guess in part due to the books smoothly flowing into each other and the characters not just ‘correcting’ the time stream, [...]

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Book Review: Time Riders – Alex Scarrow

Brilliant! This is a well written time travel book and a must read for any time travel fan. Okay it is aimed at the younger reader, but don’t be fooled, it should also be read by any adult interested in the topic. This is the first book of a series and me being me I [...]

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Book Review: Altered Carbon – Richard Morgan

Note: This book isn’t for the younger reader as the violence and sexual scenes are definitely for adults only. The future filled full of technological wonder and humanity has traveled to the stars, yet some things have not changed. Desire and lust remain. Deceit and pain are abound and human nature often gets out of [...]