Wisdom of Bookmonkey

And coming in just under the wire (literally two hours before the Oscars), I can finally say I've seen every Best Picture nomination, ...

Of the eight films nominated for Best Picture at this year's Oscars, Spotlight was the one I knew the least about going in.  I was aware...

A little preamble; this is my fourth China Miéville book ( King Rat, The City and the City , and Kraken ), and with Embassytown , and a bi...

Considering how most people view the business of espionage, either as a grim and dark job done (hopefully) well by our side and (hopefully...

So this year, five years after finishing my Bachelors degree, I was feeling a little nostalgic for my favourite elective courses at Athab...

So back in 2014 I did a book review of a novel called High-Rise by J.G. Ballard - sort of a class struggle/lord of the flies mashup set ...

Moving towards the end of the 70's in my reading of David Pringle's Science Fiction: The 100 Best Books , Brian Stableford's T...