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The President has an Academy Award and Who’s the Prime Minister of England?

The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross

May 21, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

So it turns out that you can have a decent Laundry Files novel without Bob Howard as central figure; The Labyrinth Index follows Bob’s colleague Mhari Murphy who was turned into a vampire in a previous novel (one I haven’t read) thanks to a computer program/advanced math/parasite infection thing. It turns out that England is now under the control of new Prime Minister N’yar Lat-Hotep, although he doesn’t use that name with the general public. Mhari though being formerly of the Laundry which now goes […]

Filed Under: Horror, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: adventure, charles stross, Charles Sttross, Laundry Files, Lovecraft, lovecraftian, spy, the labyrinth index

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:42 · Genres: Horror, Speculative Fiction · Tags: adventure, charles stross, Charles Sttross, Laundry Files, Lovecraft, lovecraftian, spy, the labyrinth index ·
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Let’s Save the Endangered Walking Nuclear Dinosaurs

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

April 22, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

I have to admit, I didn’t especially enjoy the only other novel by John Scalzi that I read (Redshirts) so I was hesitant about The Kaiju Preservation Society, but the premise was just too good to not at least give it a chance. The basic gist is that there are parallel worlds to our own Earth, and one them is home to kaiju, basically nuclear powered dinosaurs the size of mountains; once when one accidentally got through the barrier between worlds, someone who saw it […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, adventure, Godzilla, john scalzi, Kaiju, pandemic, The Kaiju Preservation Society

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:31 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, adventure, Godzilla, john scalzi, Kaiju, pandemic, The Kaiju Preservation Society ·
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More Than a Female James Bond

The Night of Morningstar by Peter O'Donnell

April 4, 2022 by sabian30 4 Comments

This is a recreational reread for me. I love the pulp novels of Peter O’Donnell and his exciting secret agent, Modesty Blaise, and reread the 13 novels every couple years. Modesty, in this novel, works with her equally competent partner, Willie Garvin, to combat a worldwide organization attempting to take over the world. In the other books, her beginnings as the head of a European crime syndicate is mentioned, but in this story, we watch her early retirement as she and Willie have decided crime […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Homepage Tagged With: action, adventure, Peter O'Donnell, spy thriller, Strong Female Character

sabian30's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Homepage · Tags: action, adventure, Peter O'Donnell, spy thriller, Strong Female Character ·
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True life is often much more interesting than fiction

The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb by Sam Kean

February 21, 2022 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

In the author’s note to The Bastard Brigade, Sam Kean responds to the question, why has he never written a book about physics before? His previous books (which are all fabulous and highly recommended by me) focus on genetics, chemistry, neuroscience, and the atmosphere, even though the author studied physics in college. He explains, “What I really love doing is telling stories, and when I’m planning a book, I look for rip-roarin’ stories first and foremost. I want heroes and villains, conflict and drama, plot twists […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: adventure, atomic bomb, cbr14, KimMiE", physics, Sam Kean, science, World War II

KimMiE"'s CBR14 Review No:7 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: adventure, atomic bomb, cbr14, KimMiE", physics, Sam Kean, science, World War II ·
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I Should Reread These Modesty Blaise Books in Order

A Taste for Death by Peter O'Donnell

February 13, 2022 by sabian30 Leave a Comment

I enjoy rereading all the Modesty Blaise novels, but two of the characters who fall in love in this book were an old married couple in the last one. While the exploits of Modesty and her partner, Willie Garvin, are exciting, this has one of the best fight scenes in all the Modesty novels. In fact, she has a scary encounter with a swordsman AND Willie meets up with a gorilla-like sadist who had battered him almost to the death during a previous encounter. Stuck […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: action, adventure, Modesty Blaise, Peter O'Donnell, strong female leads, Willie Garvin

sabian30's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: action, adventure, Modesty Blaise, Peter O'Donnell, strong female leads, Willie Garvin ·
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Up on the Mountain, There Are No Morals

The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest by Mark Synnott

February 8, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

In search of the body of Sandy Irvine and the solution to the mystery of whether he and George Mallory ever made it to the summit, the author and his team climb Mt Everest during one of the deadliest seasons ever. I am not sure why I am drawn to stories about Mt Everest. Certainly I mean to never climb it, and I can’t quite empathize with those who are drawn to it, even if I can understand it sometimes. And books like this underscore […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, #memoir, adventure, Climbing, Mark Synnott, Mt Everest, non fiction

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:31 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, #memoir, adventure, Climbing, Mark Synnott, Mt Everest, non fiction ·
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