Simon Scarfe rated Blue Mars: 3 stars
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (A Bantam spectra book)
After declaring independence from Earth, Mars still faces problems: an impending ice age, a search for religious meaning, and immigration. …
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Simon Scarfe rated American Psycho: 2 stars
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated, intelligent. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the …
Simon Scarfe rated Shadow of the Giant (Ender's Shadow, #4): 4 stars
Shadow of the Giant (Ender's Shadow, #4) by Orson Scott Card
Shadow of the Giant (2005) is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, the fourth novel in …
Simon Scarfe rated The last Dragonslayer: 3 stars
Jasper Fforde: The last Dragonslayer (2010, Hodder & Stoughton)
The last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
"Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away, but when visions …
Simon Scarfe rated The runner: 4 stars
The runner by Peter May (China thrillers -- 5)
In this fifth China Thriller, Chinese detective Li Yan and American pathologist Margaret Campbell are back in Beijing confronting a …
Simon Scarfe rated One of Our Thursdays Is Missing: 3 stars
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next, #6)
One of our Thursdays is Missing is the sixth Thursday Next book, by the British author Jasper Fforde. It was …
Simon Scarfe rated Thursday Next in First Among Sequels: 4 stars
Thursday Next in First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next (5))
Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth installment of Jasper Fforde's wildly popular seriesBeloved for …
Simon Scarfe rated Something Rotten: 4 stars
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next (4))
Tired of her responsibilities as the Bellman in Jurisfiction, literary sleuth Thursday Next packs up her son, Friday, to return …
Simon Scarfe rated The Well of Lost Plots: 4 stars
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next #3)
Simon Scarfe rated Thursday Next in Lost in a Good Book: 4 stars
Thursday Next in Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next (2))
The inventive, exuberant, and totally original literary fun that began with The Eyre Affair continues with Jasper Fforde's magnificent second …
Simon Scarfe rated The Eyre affair: 5 stars
The Eyre affair by Jasper Fforde
The Eyre Affair
Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet …
Simon Scarfe rated The Old Man and the Sea: 4 stars
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Scribner classics)
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and …
Simon Scarfe rated Murder: 4 stars
Simon Scarfe rated Twenty Years After (The D'Artagnan Romances #2): 3 stars
Twenty Years After (The D'Artagnan Romances #2) by Alexandre Dumas
Twenty Years After (French: Vingt ans après) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized from January to August 1845. …
Simon Scarfe rated The King of Torts: 2 stars
The King of Torts by John Grisham
Clay Carter, a public defender, reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he …