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Whoops; none of these got written up at the time, although thankfully they weren't too hard to dig back for. Once again, I'm cheating a bit by not saying anything about individual Aubrey/Maturin books (some of which are better than others, but they're all fun;). Still, I'm only six to ten weeks behind writing these, and I have actually done half of September's write-ups already. I'll try and get the other two done this week :)
76) Marcher (Chris Beckett). A gratifyingly twisted novel of a nastily familiar parallel near-future visited by drug-powered dimension-travellers. Dark, but very entertaining; excellent thinking and superb writing combined in one interesting and enjoyable package.[Library]
77) Replay (Ken Grimwood). A very worthwhile entry in one of the assorted "masterworks" series. Good writing and some interesting playing around with the traditional human motivators in a nice (sort-of-)time-travel story that carefully (and deliberately, and also - for once - unproblematically) avoids issues of how and why to concentrate on the ever-moving present.[Library]
78) Unspeak (Steven Poole). Politicians, journalists and PR/spin-droidspeople deliberately load the language they use in order to try and prejudice your thinking. Who'd have guessed? Sadly, the author doesn't seem to have anything interesting, original or thought-provoking to say on the subject. Yawn.
79) Who Runs Britain? (Robert Peston). Peston, as the BBC's business editor, has better access to the people who own and run the big banks and dodgy megacorps than most of us, and yet still manages to not be entirely seduced by their world. An intelligent and pleasantly unbiased discussion of the financial crash and the behaviour that caused it, along with some sociological and psychological commentry on the latter.
80) The Thirteen Gun Salute (Patrick O'Brian). The library copy and I were finally in the building at the same time.[Library]
81) Clarissa Oakes (Patrick O'Brian).
82) The Wine-Dark Sea (Patrick O'Brian).
83) The Commodore (Patrick O'Brian).
84) The Yellow Admiral (Patrick O'Brian).
85) The Hundred Days (Patrick O'Brian).
76) Marcher (Chris Beckett). A gratifyingly twisted novel of a nastily familiar parallel near-future visited by drug-powered dimension-travellers. Dark, but very entertaining; excellent thinking and superb writing combined in one interesting and enjoyable package.[Library]
77) Replay (Ken Grimwood). A very worthwhile entry in one of the assorted "masterworks" series. Good writing and some interesting playing around with the traditional human motivators in a nice (sort-of-)time-travel story that carefully (and deliberately, and also - for once - unproblematically) avoids issues of how and why to concentrate on the ever-moving present.[Library]
78) Unspeak (Steven Poole). Politicians, journalists and PR/spin-
79) Who Runs Britain? (Robert Peston). Peston, as the BBC's business editor, has better access to the people who own and run the big banks and dodgy megacorps than most of us, and yet still manages to not be entirely seduced by their world. An intelligent and pleasantly unbiased discussion of the financial crash and the behaviour that caused it, along with some sociological and psychological commentry on the latter.
80) The Thirteen Gun Salute (Patrick O'Brian). The library copy and I were finally in the building at the same time.[Library]
81) Clarissa Oakes (Patrick O'Brian).
82) The Wine-Dark Sea (Patrick O'Brian).
83) The Commodore (Patrick O'Brian).
84) The Yellow Admiral (Patrick O'Brian).
85) The Hundred Days (Patrick O'Brian).