running, reading, nonsense.
The overriding emotion which signals to me that a book is striking a chord with me is jealousy. Sickly green I think: I wish I could have dreamt this up. I have taken to focusing my writing here on running, and reading about running, but The Vorrh is a book which made me want to… Continue reading The Vorrh
Here we are on Hallows Eve, and I’m taking on a really classic classic in celebration. It is a story that we all know, or a story that we all think we know at the very least. In the afterglow of having actually read the book for myself, I can say most certainly that I… Continue reading Frankenstein
The end of October looms large, November in-waiting like a grim vanguard of the Christmas season, here all too soon...but there is nothing to be done. Nothing. Halloween hardly stems the tide of Xmas nonsense but once it is gone nothing stands in the way of St Nicholas. BUT October and November are often good… Continue reading Sunday Morning Stuff 27/10
I never played the original Prey (2006) but I understand that Arkane Studios' 2017 reboot of the property retains very little from the premise of that first game, other than that you are the “prey” of the title. In this case the hunters are the Typhon, a mysterious race with the ability to hide in… Continue reading Prey
The honest truth is that when I first read Fahrenheit 451, I was underwhelmed. It is almost unfair, the weight of expectation that a book like this holds. Not only is it a certified “classic” studded with historical praise and numerous awards, it is a book that I expected to love. So, with the glorious 60th anniversary edition in hand, I return to Ray Bradbury’s most famous work. Why? I feel like I missed something
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