Slightlyshortsighted

[...] a copy, definitely go for it. Also *SPOILERS* it’s not actually a gothic horror story. It’s science fiction. I knew I could depend on Verne. Yay for Jules Verne! [...]

[...] Philip K. Dick is one of the great science fiction writers of the last century, and it is easy to see why. He created loads of different worlds, [...]

[...] I have read by Iain Banks apart from The Wasp Factory. My boyfriend is a massive fan of his science fiction (which he wrote under the name Iain M. Banks), and, from what he has said and from the two [...]

[...] famous for – Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, The Avengers, etc – are all either science fiction, fantasy, or a mixture of both. Whedon is also especially good at two things – witty [...]

[...] like a glass aircraft hangar In any case, the book confused me at first. I haven’t read any Jules Verne before, but I was pretty convinced that he wrote science fiction. And yet, here was I, reading [...]

[...] I don’t think I have ever mentioned my love of all things Terry Pratchett on this blog before. The reason, I think, is because I read far too many of his books, and if [...]

[...] little at a time, and not read in a week as I did. Next week I shall be reviewing Dodger, by Terry Pratchett. Stay tuned! [...]

[...] appealed to me. It’s a bit like UP, only with a lot less tragedy and a lot more dragon. Bilbo Baggins is literally forced out of his comfortable Hobbit-hole and sent on an adventure with a group [...]

[...] The Bell Jar was Sylvia Plath’s only novel, originally published under a pseudonym. Its title refers to the feeling which [...]

[...] it was well worth the time. This may be partly because I am a big fan of both Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell, so frankly the combination of their work was always going to appeal to me. The Sleeper and [...]

They had been queueing for at least half an hour now. The wail of infants combined with the jingly Christmas music. The bags, loaded with shopping, we [...]

[...] , I sat down to watch the new film version of Much Ado About Nothing, which was directed by Joss Whedon. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect – here is one of my favourite directors, directing my [...]

The Hobbit is one of my very favourite children’s books. It is also (in case you had not yet noticed) at the cinema right now, go and see it if you [...]