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In which I have to repeatedly recall how to spell labyrinth.

Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal el Saadawi

A Red Death by Walter Mosley

A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan

The Confusions of Young Master Torless by Robert Musil

The Human Comedy by William Saroyan

Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal

The Crystal World by JG Ballard

December 28, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Labyrinth – 3/5 stars Don’t be fooled by the weird claim on the cover of this book that it’s similar to The Da Vinci Code. It’s not except that this book came out in a time where people were very much trying to capitalize on the success of that novel. The result was some very bad copycats from a novel I love, for how exceedingly silly and dumb it is. I don’t think this novel is among my favorite but it’s so very different from […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ann M. Martin, Beth Morgan, Gore Vidal, JG Ballard, Kate Mosse, kurt vonnegut, Nawal el Saadawi, robert musil, walter mosley, William Saroyan

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:529 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ann M. Martin, Beth Morgan, Gore Vidal, JG Ballard, Kate Mosse, kurt vonnegut, Nawal el Saadawi, robert musil, walter mosley, William Saroyan ·
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Soon it would be too hot.

The Drowned World by JG Ballard

May 23, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I want to say that this is JG Ballard’s second novel. And while I’ve read only two other of his novels (that I can recall), I have read all of his short fiction so I have a decent sense of him. We are asked to resist the temptation to see JG Ballard as a kind of prophet in an introduction to the novel by Martin Amis. His point, as a good liberal, is that if we read this book as a prophetic vision of our […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: JG Ballard, the drowned world

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:291 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: JG Ballard, the drowned world ·
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Episode 1-29: What the F–k Did I Just Read?

August 8, 2018 by prisco Leave a Comment

https://killingmykindle.com/2018/08/08/episode-1-29-what-the-fuck-did-i-just-read/ Wherein I review: 111. A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the World by Rachel Cantor 112. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 113. The Fold by Peter Clines 114. High-Rise by J.G. Ballard 115. Turbulence (Stone Barrington #46) by Stuart Woods Sometimes your little brain needs to get fried.  This was a combo platter of what the f–kery.  I enjoyed Robin Sloan’s wonderous cult of personality, and Peter Clines’ Lost-esque pseudo-sequel to 14.  Didn’t so much love […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: a highly unlikely scenario, High-Rise, JG Ballard, killing my kindle, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Peter Clines, podcast, rachel cantor, Robin Sloan, stone barrington, stuart woods, The Fold, Turbulence

prisco's CBR10 Review No:115 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: a highly unlikely scenario, High-Rise, JG Ballard, killing my kindle, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, Peter Clines, podcast, rachel cantor, Robin Sloan, stone barrington, stuart woods, The Fold, Turbulence ·
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