It's decades since I last read this book and I could only remember fragments of it. I had filed it away as one of the best books I'd ever read and on that basis I was worried that reading it all these years later would demote it from that lofty position. It is with relief I can confirm that I wasn't wrong all those years ago and I can keep it filed in its existing place as a fantastic book.
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Elphez rated Leviathan Wakes: 5 stars
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #1)
When Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw …
Elphez rated Saevus Corax Captures the Castle: 4 stars
Elphez rated Transition: 3 stars
Transition by Iain M. Banks
Transition is a novel by Scottish writer Iain Banks, first published in 2009. The American edition was published under the …
Elphez rated A Rising Man: 4 stars
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee (Wyndham & Banarjee, #1)
India, 1919. Desperate for a fresh start, Captain Sam Wyndham arrives to take up an important post in Calcutta's police …
Elphez reviewed The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
Arha's isolated existence as high priestess in the tombs of Atuan is jarred by a …
Still a great read
5 stars
Elphez rated The Android's Dream (The Android's Dream #1): 4 stars
The Android's Dream (The Android's Dream #1) by John Scalzi
The Android's Dream is a 2006 science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi.The title is a reference to Philip …
Elphez rated Fladdermusmannen: 3 stars
Fladdermusmannen by Jo Nesbø, Per Olaisen (Harry Hole, #1)
En ung kvinna från Norge hittas brutalt mördad i Australien. Kommissarie Harry Hole flyger till Sydney och inser snart att …
Elphez rated Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead: 3 stars
Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead by K. J. Parker, Ben Onwukwe (Corax Trilogy, #1)
There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along. Swords, armour, …
Elphez rated Implied Spaces: 3 stars
Elphez rated Sandman Slim: 4 stars
Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
Supernatural fantasy has a new antihero.Life sucks, and then you die. Or, if you're James Stark, you spend eleven years …
Elphez rated Sandman Slim: 3 stars
Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
Supernatural fantasy has a new antihero.Life sucks, and then you die. Or, if you're James Stark, you spend eleven years …
Elphez rated Kill the dead: 4 stars
Kill the dead by Richard Kadrey
While acting as a bodyguard for Lucifer and wooing a former French porn star, half-human fallen angel Stark is bitten …
Elphez finished reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
For sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe …
Decent enough detective novel in a novel (pardon the pun) setting. Good characters and decent plot, yet it dragged and for some reason didn't click with me.