Owen adopts a huge range of speakers as he traverses the globe to shed light on the plight of those touched by the trauma of conflict and the constant shifts from first to second to third person along with the employment of omniscient narration carries the reader instantaneously from place to place.
Few writers will ever have the impact and influence that Philip K.Dick made during his lifetime and his legacy will continue to be the seeds from which countless fruits will grow for many years to come. After the release of Electric Dreams as a TV series a year or so ago, I returned to the…
Music and gaming have long had a close relationship, and nothing makes a game more satisfying than a solid soundtrack. Many games have made their name on the quality of the music which is utilised to amplify the gaming experience, and when it’s done right the audio track can have a massive impact on the success of the game overall.
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Sometimes the title of a book can be a clever twist which leads you away from the actual content and leaves you to discover a subtle surprise as the story progresses. This book is the exact opposite. While some weed-based books take themselves very seriously, this is a light hearted yet entertaining read which covers…
Ed Rosenthal’s previous instalments are widely regarded as must-reads when it comes to the world of cannabis, but the ever-changing face of the industry means that there is always room to update and improve. Instead of simply adding in some extra pieces of topical information, Rosenthal and Zeman have gone to great lengths to rewrite…
In an age when certain world leaders claim to be ready to bring nuclear annihilation at a moment’s notice, a book like this deserves our attention more than ever. McCarthy’s bleak and harsh story of a man and his son making their way across a devastated America is a stark warning of what could happen…
Have you ever felt like you don’t fit in with everyone else? Maybe you’ve found yourself wondering what it truly means to be normal in this crazy world? For young August, the protagonist of this charming novel, the idea of trying to fit in is something that feels a million miles away from the realms…
I’m the type of person who wants to read the book before I see the film or watch the TV adaptation, but this sometimes means that I fall behind on what everyone else is interested in at any given time. American Gods was released online last year and the trailers for the series did…
It’s always nice to discover a new author who is doing their own thing and David J. Khan has (to date) released a number of novels spanning a range of contemporary genres. Sons of Trillion has now hit the online shelves (the first trilogy in a series of six books in total) and takes place in a fictional world, Talos, which shares many similarities with our universe but has some incredibly magical twists.