Often when I read science fiction I tend to read the classics like, H.G.Wells, or Arthur C. Clarke. There is something about their style and storytelling that I find enduring and even attractive. Many modern writers have too much street talk for my tastes. I prefer thing to be written in full, not a collection [...]
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The Travelers Companion
Posted: 11th April 2012 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsTags: Book Review, ebooks, Horsham Writers, Mathew E C Bridle, Sci Fi
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Effortless Marketing: Jeff Rivera
Posted: 26th March 2012 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsTags: Book Review, merketing, selling stuff
EFFORTLESS MARKETING: How I Sold Thousands of eBooks, Landed an Agent and a Book Deal in Just 10 Minutes a Day Using Message Boards by Jeff Rivera My rating: 4 of 5 stars Can a book give any decent help or advice if it only cost a dollar? Answer: Yes. Jeff delivers a system, not [...]
The Accused – Constance Briscoe
Posted: 26th October 2011 by Phil in Book Review, Member's BlogsTags: Book Review, Crime, Murder
For the past month I have hardly been at home but as one of the titles was violent murder, a subject right up my street, I may save this homework for another month. However, rather than be completely blank I have a little to say on a book I read recently which may give some sort of [...]
Book Review – Ready Player One – Ernest Cline.
Posted: 23rd August 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsI had never heard of Ernest Cline before this book arrived at my door and now I am glad that I have. Having been there at the birth of the home computer revolution, owned a number of those pieces of plastic history that I remember with more fondness than any of my old girlfriends this [...]
Runes of the Earth – Stephen Donaldson
Posted: 16th August 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsTags: Book Review, Fantasy Novel, stephen donaldson, thomas covenant
Book seven in the saga and … it is very different. For a one there is no Thomas Covenant. Instead the dilemma of the white gold is taken up by Linden Avery which was obvious after the last book as Covenant had died in his own world. 10 years later and Linden Avery now has [...]
Book Review: Percy Jackson and the lightening thief – Rick Riordan
Posted: 5th August 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsTags: Book Review, greek gods, Horsham Writers, Mathew E C Bridle, percy jackson, rick riordan
I have been meaning to read this book for quite some time. Having watched my 11 year old daughter practically destroy it with her re-reading I thought that I had better act quickly. I was glad that I did. Percy Jackson is a demigod, the son of Poseidon no less, one of the big three, [...]
Book Review: The Human Race – O.C. Heaton
Posted: 3rd August 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsTags: Book Review, Mathew E C Bridle, Sci Fi
Now here is an unusual book. The author, Mr Heaton, has clearly spent many a long day researching all things Icelandic, American airline history and a great deal of quantum physics relating to the plausibility of teleportation. Then he has taken said research and built a novel around it without killing the story at all. [...]
Book Review: The White Gold Wielder – Steven Donaldson
Posted: 25th July 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsThe second Thomas Covenant Trilogy comes to an end with a more than satisfying conclusion. As is the norm with Thomas Covenant we are treated to a fair number of introspective moments as indeed we are with Linden Avery. But not without good reason. The love between the two lead characters is complicated by their [...]
Book Review: Thomas Covenant: The One Tree – Stephen Donaldson
Posted: 12th July 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Book Review, Mathew's Blog, Member's BlogsTags: Book Review, Fantasy Novel, Mathew E C Bridle, stephen donaldson, the one tree
“Stone and Sea.” Can there be any more perilous a journey than that of Ur-Lord Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever and White Gold wielder Giantfriend? Could his title get any longer? Linden Avery now moves slowly to the fore as the questers sail the seas hounded by a Raver that assails them at the worst possible times. [...]
Zombies vs. Nazis – A lost history of the walking dead
Posted: 29th June 2011 by Mathew Bridle in Articles, Book Review, Book Review, Mathew's BlogTags: fantasy, nazis, saga, scott kenemore, undead, voodoo, war, zombies
by Scott Kenemore with Illustrations by Adam Wallenta I must confess that when I was first asked to review this book I was not that keen as it is not something that I would readily pick up. I had no idea what to expect so when the email arrived (I had a PDF version) I opened [...]