Terry Pratchett never ceases to amaze me. Serious philosophical points, political and religious dogma, current affairs, social commentary on what affects our lives today. He wraps it all up in a fantasy world which is sailing through the universe on the back of four giant elephants carried on the back of a gigantic turtle. Oh and there are jokes and satire too. Lots of jokes.
A new stage adaptation of one of Pratchett's best-selling novels The Monstrous Regiment in question is made up of a vampire (reformed and off the blood, thank you), a troll, Igor (who is only too happy to sew you a new leg if you aren't too particular about previous ownership), a collection of misfits and a young woman discovers that a pair of socks shoved down her pants is a good way to open up doors in a man's army."One of the funniest English authors alive" (Independent)
Susanna Clarke is a lovely writer. Expansive on occasion yet trite or to the point when she needs to be. The story wanders and weaves mythos the way it was supposed to. It is named after Piranesi after all. We all fall prey to these thoughts, some for moments others for years when we drift away and become something else for a while. That was the enchantment for me.
Winner of the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction A SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The spectacular new novel from the bestselling author of JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL, 'one of our greatest living authors' NEW YORK MAGAZINE __________________________________ Piranesi lives in the House. Perhaps he always has.
In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend,…
What can you say about this novel? One of the greatest works of speculative Sci-fi ever? A Masterpiece? Well Written? Shocking? Inviting the inevitability of death no matter what advances the future brings? It is all these things and so much more. When read in its entirety with its companion novel Endymion it shatters the boundaries of Sci-fi and possibly the human experience of wonder. Only "Iain M Bank"s has come close to changing our perception of the world as it is now or could be. Changing the very nature of humanity. A special book.
This land is ancient, steeped in myth and history. Monsters, sleeping, wake. Ghosts stalk the land. Stories, legends, become real and even the warmest of loves can be shattered on the cold rock of Argyll. I woke one day, Under dark Skies, my hand on his belly, his taste on my tongue and knew that I would love him forever but sometimes forever does not last that long. Under Dark Skies. A monstrously good read. Don’t make any assumptions. Five Stars. Anne Welsh. “The Corbie Times” Under Dark Skies. Is all I hoped it would be. A great story. Authentic characters and history. Bernard Cornwall. Author. Historian. Under Dark Skies we live, Under Dark Skies we wake and sleep and Under Dark Skies we die.
