Ben Harris-Roxas started reading The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells
I'm about 10% into this and I'm already wondering why I do this to myself. Climate fiction is always such a downer, appropriately.
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Y: THE LAST MAN, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically …
I only regret putting off reading this for too long
4 stars
A classic for a reason
Ben Harris-Roxas finished reading Y: The Last Man - Deluxe Edition, Book 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Y: THE LAST MAN, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically …
I should have read this a long time ago. Probably one of the most sublime and groundbreaking comics I've read.
Ben Harris-Roxas stopped reading The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett
1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring …
Meh
Ben Harris-Roxas reviewed Beyond the Reach of Earth by Ken MacLeod
Loose ends tied up
4 stars
Not as engaging or imaginative as the first, it mostly served to tie up plot points and intrigue. I've begun the third book but in many ways it seems unneeded? Perhaps McLeod will explore new ideas in it.
Ben Harris-Roxas reviewed Judge Dredd by Kenneth Niemand
Mega-City One, 2143 AD. Home to over 160 million citizens, this urban hell is situated …
Return of the fascist Dredd
4 stars
He's not the cautionary tale we deserve, but he's the one we need.
Ben Harris-Roxas finished reading How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
That was a lot. I'll need time to process it.
Ben Harris-Roxas commented on How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
Content warning Slight allusions to general plot directions
What a strange book to be reading when a close family member dies. An extended rumination on loss and grief, from many perspectives. I found it almost too much to pick up again.
But suddenly a shift. New worlds may be possible. An interesting book.
Ben Harris-Roxas reviewed The Future by Naomi Alderman
When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find …
Not for me
2 stars
Just didn't gel with this one. I think the pacing and characterisation is wasn't for me, but might be for you.
Ben Harris-Roxas reviewed Woody Guthrie by Nora Guthrie
Beautiful book
5 stars
A beautiful, soulful book. The ephemera included gave me a real sense of who Woody was as a person and what he stood for. A loving book about a genuine icon.
Ben Harris-Roxas finished reading God Emperor of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 4) by Frank Herbert
Fourth book in the Dune series. Takes place 3500 years after the events of the …
Yeah, that was as strange as I remember but also, soemhow, vastly more boring. The endless lectures!
Ben Harris-Roxas started reading God Emperor of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 4) by Frank Herbert
Fourth book in the Dune series. Takes place 3500 years after the events of the …
Yeah, now we're into the genuinely weird shit - and not necessarily in a good way.
Ben Harris-Roxas started reading Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, #3) by Frank Herbert
The science fiction masterpiece continues in the "major event,"( Los Angeles Times) Children of Dune. …
Book 3, here we go. I remember some of this from reading it 30 years ago, let's see if it's as weird as I recall.
Ben Harris-Roxas started reading Master and Commander by Patrick O'brian
Peer pressure from November Kelly
Ben Harris-Roxas reviewed Inhibitor Phase by Alastair Reynolds
Probably didn't need to exist
3 stars
I was quite intrigued to revisit the Revelation Space universe. This rambling, largely pointless story felt tired. The characterisation was thin throughout. The ending was disappointing for its lack of resolution. A real shame.