Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good …
Review of 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Fuck yeah, middle class!
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Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Norvegr: 5 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Foundation (Foundation #1): 3 stars
Isaac Asimov: Foundation (Foundation #1) (2004, Bantam Books)
Foundation (Foundation #1) by Isaac Asimov
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Ender's Game: 2 stars
Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game (Paperback, 1994, TOR Books)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game, #1)
In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Road to Wigan Pier: 5 stars
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in …
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Poor Economics: 4 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Imagined Communities: 4 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) reviewed The Long Valley by John Steinbeck
A collection of interconnected short stories, all set in the Salinas Valley in California. The …
Review of 'The Long Valley' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
That was a good selection. "Saint Katy the Virgin" was brilliant :)
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Secret History of Moscow: 4 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated A history of the world in twelve maps: 3 stars
The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Chronicles Series #2) by Bernard Cornwell (Saxon Chronicles (2))
Uhtred is a Saxon, cheated of his inheritance and adrift in a world of fire, sword, and treachery. He has …
Review of 'The Cellist of Sarajevo' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
"They’ll go out to a restaurant, and he’ll eat whatever he likes, and he’ll know that tomorrow he can do it all again. They’ll walk through the streets, looking through the windows of shops. There will be trees, their leaves green, and the buildings will be bright and without scars. No one will be on the hills with guns pointed at them, and after a while he won’t even think of this as a benefit, it will simply be an obvious thing, because that’s how life is supposed to be. They will be happy. They won’t hate anyone, and no one will hate them." Kenan dreaming during the siege. A really good read.
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The fourth world of the Hopis: 3 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated Thinking, Fast and Slow: 5 stars
Eivind (like the Terrible) rated The Long Earth: 4 stars
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter (The Long Earth, #1)
1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong …