Susan Sto Helit, daughter of Mort and Ysabell, granddaughter of Death, has taken up a teaching position, discovering that she is rather good at it, too. She has achieved some degree of normality, and even her ability to manipulate reality has become something that she utilises with much less of the disdain and doubt that … Continue reading The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 26: Thief Of Time
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A Novel Ian Likes: Joyland by Stephen King
Devin Jones has taken a summer job at an amusement park hoping to get over the girl who broke his heart. As the summer progresses, though, he becomes embroiled in an old mystery concerning the murder of a local girl and the culprit who was never found… When I was younger I was a huge … Continue reading A Novel Ian Likes: Joyland by Stephen King
The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 12: Witches Abroad
When we last left the Witches, all the way back in Wyrd Sisters, things seemed to have settled down a little bit in the mountainous kingdom of Lancre. There was a new king who seemed prepared to give witches the respect they deserved, the coven of Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick appeared to … Continue reading The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 12: Witches Abroad
The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 5: Sourcery
It’s tempting to call Sourcery a return to the “roots” of Discworld after a couple of books away from them but, really, using the rest of the series for some perspective, they hadn’t actually gone too far from them. We get Rincewind and his lethal luggage back, as well as the return of the faculty … Continue reading The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 5: Sourcery
A Novel Ian Likes: The Sunne In Splendour by Sharon Penman
Richard idolises his brother, Edward. When Edward becomes king, though, he worries that he won’t have any time left to be notice his little brother anymore. However, Richard hasn’t counted on growing up and becoming one of Edward’s most dependable and trustworthy advisors. So much so, that when Edward suddenly dies and leaves behind a … Continue reading A Novel Ian Likes: The Sunne In Splendour by Sharon Penman
A Novel Ian Likes: Bridge To Terebithia by Katherine Paterson
Jesse Aarons already feels like an outsider at his school because he likes Art more than he likes sport, despite being more than capable of holding his own in the running races that obsess his classmates. When Leslie Burke arrives and becomes an unlikely best friend, he finds a new zest for life… because someone … Continue reading A Novel Ian Likes: Bridge To Terebithia by Katherine Paterson
A Novel Ian Likes: Holy Mother by Gabrielle Donnelly
Anne, Stephen, Maureen, Denis, Geoffrey and Kate meet every Friday night at their local Catholic church under the tutelage of Father Bob. The group is also planning a pilgrimage in honour of Bob’s impending 30th birthday. But when Maureen invites her old friend Alison to join them one evening, half as a joke, it has … Continue reading A Novel Ian Likes: Holy Mother by Gabrielle Donnelly
A Short Story And Novel That Ian Likes: Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Charlie Gordon is the janitor at a local bakery. He also attends evening classes to improve his reading and writing skills. His motivation to better himself inspires his teacher, Alice Kinnian, to submit his name for an experimental surgery to increase his intelligence. Initial results on a lab mouse, named Algernon, have been promising and … Continue reading A Short Story And Novel That Ian Likes: Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
A Novel Ian Likes: Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
Isaac dan der Grimnebulin, a freelance scientist with some dubious ties to the underworld, is commissioned to create a means of flight for a Garuda – a race of humanoid bird-like creatures – who has had his wings removed for reasons that are never made entirely clear until the novel’s conclusion. Isaac throws himself into … Continue reading A Novel Ian Likes: Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
A Reference Book Ian Likes: The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction (1978)
First things first, this isn’t an actual or proper encyclopaedia. It’s a collection of essays that each detail a particular aspect of the history and make-up of Science Fiction. But it’s lavishly illustrated and features a fairly comprehensive list of magazines and awards relevant to the field as well as a chronology of movies that … Continue reading A Reference Book Ian Likes: The Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction (1978)
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