Dr Yool:
Finally finished this gem after having it for 4 years (a World Book Night present from my old Warwick friend, Ruth).
Dr Yool:
An ostensible classic, but one whose great ideas get lost at times in Gibson's deliberately obscurantist prose.
Dr Yool:
My @mrbsemporium reading subscription starts here ... with a book I've (very pleasingly) never heard of!
Dr Yool:
A fast, fun read set in a vast trading empire reliant on a cosmological force known as the Flow.
Dr Yool:
Another fab pick by @mrbsemporium - this time a non-fiction volume on the seemingly arcane subject of materials science
Dr Yool:
Another check-in with one of my favourite literary characters, Richard Ford's former novelist, turned sportswriter, turned real estate seller, turned retiree, Frank Bascombe
Dr Yool:
After an opening volume spent entirely within the otherworldly Area X, Jeff Vandermeer's successor novel, Authority, ...
Dr Yool:
A crime genre classic this time with Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's 1965 introduction to their Swedish detective, Martin Beck
Dr Yool:
With the preceding novel, Authority, closing in calamity, the final volume of Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach trilogy, Acceptance, ...
Dr Yool:
Rose Tremain's 1989 novel, Restoration, was an unexpectedly - to me! - enjoyable work of historical fiction ...