The start of A Tiger in Eden feels like a cross between Trainspotting and The Beach. Nevertheless, it is a promising beginning – Billy, a Northern Irish hardman on the …
An Element of Wish Fulfilment: Chris Flynn's A Tiger in Eden
Review by Robert Goodman The start of A Tiger in Eden feels like a cross between Trainspotting and The Beach. Nevertheless, it is a promising beginning – Billy, a Northern …
Neal Stephenson's Reamde reviewed by Robert Goodman
Neal Stephenson, one of the Godfathers of cyberpunk and deliverer of massive, engaging tomes full of historical and philosophical fun returns to the present day, real world (of sorts) with Reamde. The first …
Good Guys and Guns: Neal Stephenson's Reamde
Review by Robert Goodman Neal Stephenson, one of the Godfathers of cyberpunk and deliverer of massive, engaging tomes full of historical and philosophical fun returns to the present day, real world (of sorts) …
Patrick West's The World Swimmers – Reviewed by Robert Goodman
Short stories are their own particular art form. Like poetry, they are often the expression of an idea or a mood or a character. A distillation of a thought into …
The Breathtaking and the Bewildering: Patrick West's The World Swimmers
Review by Robert Goodman Short stories are their own particular art form. Like poetry, they are often the expression of an idea or a mood or a character. A distillation …
Myths Singing off the Page: A.S. Byatt's Ragnarok
Review by Robert Goodman AS Byatt, the grand lady of English letters, is best known for her lengthy tomes exploring the minutiae of English life. As she admits in an …
A.S. Byatt's Ragnarok reviewed by Robert Goodman
AS Byatt, the grand lady of English letters, is best known for her lengthy tomes exploring the minutiae of English life. As she admits in an illuminating afterword to Raganrok, …
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