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Not the plucky pilot story I expected…

Flyboys by James Bradley

July 22, 2021 by chelz.hawk Leave a Comment

Flyboys is a true, brutally honest and gut wrenching account of World War II on the Pacific front, focusing on “war in the third dimension” more commonly known as air combat. The story starts at Pearl Harbor, moving through the United States’ clamor to build aircraft and train pilots, to the napalm bombing of Japan and finally the dropping of the two atomic bombs. It’s highlights all the key players in the uprising of military flying: An introduction to Hap Arnold, the leader of the […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: aviation, cbr13bingo, james bradley, military, WWII

chelz.hawk's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: aviation, cbr13bingo, james bradley, military, WWII ·
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The end is the beginning

Clade by James Bradley

June 2, 2019 by Claire Badger Leave a Comment

Clade: “a group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor, according to the principles of cladistics.” Told over decades, Clade is a bit like a short story compendium of characters from the same family. Adam and Ellie start a family in the shadow of global warming and the catastrophes it will unveil. As they age and grow apart, the narrative shifts to other family members as they live through different iterations of the same problem: how to survive a world with closing […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Australian, Australian fiction, bees, clade, Global Warming, james bradley

Claire Badger's CBR11 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Australian, Australian fiction, bees, clade, Global Warming, james bradley ·
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