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I quite like Bas-Lag - Mieville's own take on a fantasy world. It's strangely steampunk without being too painfully nostalgic or s...

There's something about the fact that Christianity has a real human being at its centre that seems to drive philosophers and theologia...

This book made me angry. So angry I'm ordering it for my doctor friends because they need to read it. It charts an outrage that puts a...

Some books remind you why you enjoy reading in the first place. The Snow Child is one of those books. The story is not a surprise - if you...

Coe is a strenuously post modern author. By that I mean he build narratives only to destroy them as part of his art and as part of his con...

The Hobbit has emerged from his hole in the ground and taken a leisurely, very, very leisurely, stroll out of the shire and over the misty...

This is a great book and a fantastic take on the Iliad. Miller focuses on the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus. It tells of the...