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Jericho, a Retrospective Look
Long before I began writing post apocalyptic science fiction, I’d enjoyed watching it – films such as 2012, Deep Impact and, more recently, The Road and The Book of Eli all examined the end of the world on the big screen. Jericho was one of the first to do the same…
Electromagnetic pulse
There I was, working on my PC when, with no warning, the computer switched off. At first, I thought it had crashed (which would be the first time ever) but it turned out we were experiencing our first power cut for a good couple of years. In the past, this has always…
Foundation series: episode 1
I’ll be honest. My expectations were low going into this adaptation, not only because it’s one of my favourite book series (dry though it undoubtedly is at times), but also because I just couldn’t see how they were going to pull this off without…
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
This is a book to read, be amazed by and then to evaluate in the light of the time that has passed since. The broad thrust of Gladwell’s argument seems to be supported, but some of the detail might be controversial. Some of the aspects of society that he brings up are…
Atomic Habits by James Clear
This is one of those books that, if implemented, could change your life. I’m not going to say too much about it here, except that it has the best opening page of any book I’ve ever read. And then continues with a fascinating description of how Clear came to understand…
David Copperfield
Buy in the United States Buy in the United Kingdom David Copperfield I don’t know about you, but I often daydream about which books, movies or albums I’d take to a desert island and, for the past ten years or so, David Copperfield has been on that list. I studied…
Who Gives A Crap
Who wants to talk about toilet paper? No, me neither. But the guys behind Who Gives A Crap have made an essential, but, shall we say, unglamorous aspect of our daily lives a little better for the planet. Their toilet paper is made from recycled paper (or bamboo if…
The end of the apostrophe
Fake news? Or, indeed, fake new’s? The retirement, at 96, of the founder of the Apostrophe Protection Society can hardly be the most surprising news, but it made a (slightly) interesting diversion from the usual doom and gloom, although John Richards himself was…
Wolf in Shadow by David Gemmell
Buy the book on Amazon.com Buy the book on Amazon.co.uk Buy the book elsewhere By David Gemmell Written originally to be a standalone novel, Wolf in Shadow eventually became the first in a trilogy of stories set in a post-apocalyptic fantasy version of Earth….