Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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The Doctor and Sam land in present-day England on the ancestral home of the Silver family. However, the house holds …
Kursaal is a pleasure world, a huge theme park for the Cronus System – or …
Interresting starts but doesn't go where it could have. Jury's still out...
Interresting starts but doesn't go where it could have. Jury's still out...
Kursaal is a pleasure world, a huge theme park for the Cronus System – or rather it will be if …
On an island in the East Indies, in a lost city buried deep in the …
A bit weird and sometimes hard to follow, but Ok :-) onwards to the next !
On an island in the East Indies, in a lost city buried deep in the heart of the rainforest, agents …
The story opens up with the Doctor and Sam in the TARDIS doing some maintenance …
Very nice 🙂👍
The story opens up with the Doctor and Sam in the TARDIS doing some maintenance when they are collected by …
Grant, a UNIT veteran, receives a call for help from an old colleague. A scientific …
I didn't like the style of writing of this book. I can't really explain why, maybe too broken, too many cuts to other scenes, whatever...
I didn't like the style of writing of this book. I can't really explain why, maybe too broken, too many cuts to other scenes, whatever...
It is London, 1894. Amid the fog, cold and degradation, a gruesome business is being …
Not bad, but not as good as the previous ones...
It is London, 1894. Amid the fog, cold and degradation, a gruesome business is being conducted. The bodies of the …
In the days when the Time Lords were young, their war with the Vampires cost …
Very good. Picks up nicely from the previous and convincing. :-)
In the days when the Time Lords were young, their war with the Vampires cost trillions of lives on countless …
Immediately after the events of the TV film, the Eighth Doctor finishes reading The Time …
Much better than expected. As a fan of the TV series I was kindof wondering if the printed version would live up to the expectation, but it does amazingly well. Nice little read
Much better than expected. As a fan of the TV series I was kindof wondering if the printed version would live up to the expectation, but it does amazingly well. Nice little read
This story was first published in May 1968 in Playboy. It is about a husband …
Very short story - another world slowly dying, even if that is not the subject - that's the suggested background. Strange story, with a twist...
Very short story - another world slowly dying, even if that is not the subject - that's the suggested background. Strange story, with a twist...
Roman d'espionnage. À Moscou, pendant la perestroïka, Niki Landau se voit confier par une superbe …
Assez déçu par ce livre. Je ne connaissais pas vraiment Le Carré, autrement que de réputation, et pour moi elle est surfaite. C'était peut-être un beau film, mais comme bouquin, pour moi c'est pas terrible.
Assez déçu par ce livre. Je ne connaissais pas vraiment Le Carré, autrement que de réputation, et pour moi elle est surfaite. C'était peut-être un beau film, mais comme bouquin, pour moi c'est pas terrible.
