Books tagged with: wales

  • SiriusOlaf Stapledon
    Sirius
    by Olaf Stapledon
    Science Fiction

    Sirius by Olaf Stapledon is a science fiction novel and part of the Gollancz SF Masterworks collection. Sirius is the pinnacle of Thomas Trelone's experiments, the body of a large dog with the intelligence of a gifted human. He is raised as an equal in the Trelone household, alongside the scientist'...

  • Among OthersJo Walton
    Among Others
    by Jo Walton
    Fantasy

    Among Others is about as different from any novel I have read than the Moon is from a piece of pie. It's not even a book I thought I would enjoy either, if someone had approached me and asked me to read a novel about a 15 year old girls account of her life in a boarding school - delivered in the for...

  • TurnerKarl Drinkwater
    Turner
    by Karl Drinkwater
    Horror

    Ok, where shall I start? It was an ok book. A little above average. Hints of promise, but then his next piece of work would have to be something special or he will find himself reduced to the bargain bookshops and supermarket shelves. It started off with great promise too to be fair. The tension and...

  • The DiscipleStephen Lloyd Jones
    The Disciple
    by Stephen Lloyd Jones
    Horror

    Given that today is Halloween, I thought it only right that we review a horror novel. It's also a damn good one - The Disciple by Stephen Lloyd Jones. It all starts on a stormy night as Edward Schwinn navigates the country roads at the edge of Devil's Kitchen, Snowdonia. On a dark road in the middle...