Review of “Slaves Revolts in Antiquity”, Theresa Urbainczyk
I recall, rather dimly, writing this for the newsletter of the Classical Association of Ireland. Even more dimly, I think it was published but I am not really sure… Modern…
Category: book review
Review of “Homesickness: An American History” by Susan Matt, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2012
This is a wonderful book I heartily recommend, indeed re-reading the review I hope the warmth of my recommendation is clear. The balance Susan Mat strikes between mastery of the…
Review of “Albert of Adelaide”, Howard L Anderson, SF Site, 2012
Original here. `And I must confess that until I stumbled across it I had forgotten reading this book or writing this review. The anthropomorphised animal is a staple of children’s…
Review of “Kafkaesque” edited by John Kessel and James Patrick Kelly, SF Site, 2012
I previously blogged a shorter piece, adapted from this review, on Kafka and alternate history. Here is a full review of what was an enjoyable book to read, : “Kafkaesque”…
Review of “How To Build An Android: The True Story of Philip K Dick’s Robotic Resurrection”, SF Site, 2013
I posted this review of “How To Build An Android: The True Story of Philip K Dick’s Robotic Resurrection” by David Dufty on the SF Site in 2013 – I originally reblogged…
Review of “Tom Harris”, Stefan Themerson, Nthposition/SF Site 2011
This review originally reviewed on the now defunct nthposition.com, and with a few tweaks re appeared on SF Site which is still online but not active. Re-reading this review, I recall enjoying…
Review of “The Raw Shark Texts”, Steven Hall
A book from way back in 2007 which I initially reviewed for Nthposition and then a slightly different form on SF Site. A relatively grumpy review. From his Wikipedia page,…
“the conformist anti-conformity of the books marketed at my generation” – my thoughts on “record store books”, March 17th 2005 SAU Blog
On St Patrick’s Day 2005 this piece appeared on the SAU Blog. It is somewhat in the spirit of my grumpy thoughts on book clubs from 2006 in the same…
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