Monthly Archives: May 2017

I think I’m going to like this.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #30:- WANDERERS AND ISLANDERS Steve Cockayne Orbit pb, 278pp, £10.99 Cockayne’s debut novel is set in a rather rough and ready reality never referred to as anything other than The Land, … Continue reading →

Patti Smith month ends with the title track from her first album.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #30:- FROM THE DUST RETURNED Ray Bradbury Earthlight hb, 204pp, £16.99 Bradbury’s first genre novel in almost twenty years, according to the publicity handout. Actually it’s a fix up of short … Continue reading →

Diminishing returns with this franchise, though each entry has been entertaining. Will this one continue the trend?

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #29:- THE DEVIL AND MISS PRYM Paulo Coelho Harper Collins hb, 201pp, £10.99 Coelho’s latest novel poses an interesting moral dilemma. A man comes to the remote village of Viscos, where … Continue reading →

Something wild is loose.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #28:- THE WOODEN SEA Jonathan Carroll Gollancz hb, 247pp, £16.99 For Frannie McCabe, Police Chief of Crane’s View, the strangeness begins when a dog he’s already left for dead and buried … Continue reading →

Interesting idea.

A review that originally appeared in The Third Alternative #29:- A BIG BOY DID IT AND RAN AWAY Christopher Brookmyre Abacus pb, 502pp, £9.99 Raymond Ash is a school teacher, a responsible man with a wife and baby depending on … Continue reading →