| Ghostmaker by Dan Abnett |
[Nov. 21st, 2009|10:44 pm] |
14/11/09 - 17/11/09 - Ill
18/11/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
19/11/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
20/11/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
21/11/09 - Day Off
( Review: Ghostmaker by Dan Abnett )
This book is:
* - a collection of character vignettes
* - technically well-written
* - two-elevenths good reading
This book is not:
* - particularly fun
* - contained of enough plot
* - nine-elevenths good reading |
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| The Tangled Skein by David Stuart Davies |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|07:14 pm] |
8/11/09 - Ill
9/11/09 - 806 words on Pral-Vrai System
10/11/09 - Ill
11/11/09 - Ill
12/11/09 - 789 words on Pral-Vrai System
13/11/09 - Ill
( Review: The Tangled Skein by David Stuart Davies )
This book is:
* - Sherlock Holmes versus Count Dracula
* - a very good pastiche of Conan Doyle's work
* - a good Sherlock Holmes story
This book is not:
* - as much about Count Dracula as it is about Jack Stapleton
* - a very good pastiche of Bram Stoker's work
* - a bad Dracula story |
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| Nightbringer by Graham McNeill |
[Nov. 7th, 2009|08:08 pm] |
30/10/09 - 4/11/09 - Ill
5/11/09 - 1147 words on Pral-Vrai System
6/11/09 - 4343 words on Pral-Vrai System
7/11/09 - 3958 words on Pral-Vrai System
( Review: Nightbringer by Graham McNeill )
This book is:
* - a good book with a great ending
* - contained of excellently-realised characters
* - a good starter book for the new W40K reader
This book is not:
* - taking any risks
* - doing much for in its first three-quarters
* - going to suffer for a second reading |
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| Daemon World by Ben Counter |
[Oct. 11th, 2009|08:34 pm] |
9/10/09 - 11/10/09 - Ill
( Review: Daemon World by Ben Counter )
This book is:
* - about the author's over-powered canon-breaking mouthpiece hitting the canon over the head and shouting "Bad! Bad! Bad!"
* - dreadful in all its parts
* - only for readers who want to learn from someone else's mistakes
This book is not:
* - contained of any good characters
* - contained of a plot that makes sense
* - worth the paper it is printed on |
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| First And Only by Dan Abnett |
[Oct. 9th, 2009|12:27 am] |
28/9/09-1/10/09 - House moving
2/10/09 - Ill
3/10/09 - Ill
4/10/09 - House moving
5/10/09 - House moving
6/10/09 - 8/10/09 - Ill
( Review: First and Only by Dan Abnett )
This book is:
* - well-written
* - surprisingly shory
* - good as a sci-fi novel, excellent as a W40K novel
This book is not:
* - of any specific genre
* - going to win prizes for originality
* - excellent as a non-tie-in novel |
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| Dark Disciple by Anthony Reynolds |
[Sep. 27th, 2009|11:28 pm] |
25/9/09 - 27/9/09 - House Moving
( Review: Dark Disciple by Anthony Reynolds )
This book is:
* - a great improvement on Dark Apostle
* - blood, gunfire and viciousness
* - an all-round fine book
This book is not:
* - comprehensible without reading Dark Apostle
* - well proofread
* - friendly, fluffy, comforting reading |
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| The Terror by Dan Simmons |
[Sep. 19th, 2009|12:19 pm] |
11/8/09 - 19/8/09 - Ill
20/8/09 - Art: Commission
21/8/09 - 23/8/09 - Ill
24/8/09 - Art: Commission
25/8/09 - Ill
26/8/09 - Ill
27/8/09 - Art: Commission
28/8/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
29/8/09 - Ill
30/8/09 - 13/9/09 - House moving
14/9/09 - 16/9/09 - Ill
17/9/09 - House moving
( Review: The Terror by Dan Simmons )
This book is:
* - a good read
* - a fine blend of period accuracy and modern accessibility
* - a story of human privation in terrible conditions, bound together with supernatural horror
This book is not:
* - a great read
* - difficult reading
* - less than two inches thick |
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| Bloomsbury Classic Ghost Stories |
[Aug. 10th, 2009|03:37 pm] |
20/7/09 - 22/7/09 - Ill
23/7/09 - Art: Commission
24/7/09 - Ill
25/7/09 - Art: Commission
26/7/09 - 1/8/09 - Ill
2/8/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
3/8/09 - Ill
4/8/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
5/8/09 - 10/8/09 - Ill
( Review: Bloomsbury Classic Ghost Stories )
This book is:
* - short
* - heavy going
* - full of old stories
This book is not:
* - interesting
* - scary
* - worth buying |
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| Villains! |
[Jul. 19th, 2009|05:05 pm] |
19/6/09 - 21/6/09 - Ill
22/6/09 - Day Off
23/6/09 - 19/6/09 - Ill
( Review: Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Neil Gaiman )
This book is:
* - mediocre
* - contained of a couple of good stories
* - an uncomfortable blend of fantasy and light humour
This book is not:
* - villainous
* - heavy going
* - memorable |
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| Midnight |
[Jun. 5th, 2009|05:35 pm] |
12/5/09 - 26/5/09 - Ill
27/5/09 - Art: Cthulhu
28/5/09 - 31/5/09 -Ill
1/6/09 - Art: Commission
2/6/09 - Ill
3/6/09 - Art: Commission
4/6/09 - Ill
( Review: Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant )
This book is:
* - worth reading to see how not to write horror
* - trashy horror, with the emphasis on "trash"
* - accidentally comical in its ineptitude
This book is not:
* - worth buying second-hand
* - well proofread
* - good at all |
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| How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark & Sandra Newman |
[May. 11th, 2009|07:52 pm] |
12/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
13/4/09 - 17/4/09 - Ill
18/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
19/4/09 - Ill
20/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
21/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
22/4/09 -Ill
23/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
24/4/09 - Ill
25/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
26/4/09 - 11/5/09 - Ill
( Review: How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark & Sandra Newman )
This book is:
* - light-hearted
* - full of amusingly awful examples
* - a friendly guide to better writing
This book is not:
* - new or unique in its advices
* - consistent in its conceit
* - particularly deep |
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| Lord of the Night by Simon Spurrier |
[Apr. 10th, 2009|03:19 pm] |
23/3/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles
24/3/09 - 27/3/09 - Ill
28/3/09 - Art: Dark Redemption sketches
29/3/09 - Art: Dark Redemption sketches
30/3/09 - Day Off
01/4/09 - Ill
02/4/09 - Ill
03/4/09 - 05/4/09 - Holiday
06/4/09 - Ill
07/4/09 - Day Off
08/4/09 - Ill
09/4/09 - 11/4/09 - Blocked [social]
( Review: Lord of the Night by Simon Spurrier )
This book is:
* - surprisingly good
* - character-driven
* - mostly about Zso Sahaal
This book is not:
* - good beyond its two main characters
* - more than competantly written
* - well-ended |
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