Military history author (writing as Russell Phillips). Tabletop RPG and board game player. Lapsed wargamer.
Non-binary. They/them pronouns.
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Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile …
One lie put the nation at risk. Another might save it.
Harry Bristow: policeman, father, …
I'm enjoying the story, but I'm getting irritated that proper nouns at the start of chapters aren't capitalised for some reason.
For example, chapter 26 starts:
‘Well, manon,’ said wilberforce, ‘when I asked you to keep close to your friend Louise and find out more about this MP Peter Robinson, I certainly didn’t expect you to come back so soon with a story like this.
One lie put the nation at risk. Another might save it.
Harry Bristow: policeman, father, chauffeur, fraud.
In 1988 Harry …
@kayeluvian@the.voiceover.bar Honestly, I laughed out loud on the street while walking my dog more than once.
I particularly enjoyed the Robert Llewellyn and Alan Rickman voices. I read the ebook a whole ago, but I'd forgotten the robots sounded like them.
STRANDED IN DEEP SPACE ... BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE DONUTS.
When a warp engine …
Kryten stopped moving. If she’d had eyes, she probably would have narrowed them at me. ‘Not all sex is work, Lem.’
— Frozen Heck by Si Clarke (Starship Teapot, #4) (95%)
STRANDED IN DEEP SPACE ... BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE DONUTS.
When a warp engine …
I read the ebook a while ago. When the audiobook was published, I bought that too.
Knowing what was coming made it a different experience second time around, but it didn't diminish my enjoyment, just changed it.
The narration by @kayeluvian@the.voiceover.bar was superb, as ever. Her Robert Llewellyn voice was spot on, and the Alan Rickman very good.
Overall, a really fun story with excellent narration in the audiobook.
STRANDED IN DEEP SPACE ... BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE DONUTS.
When a warp engine …
I read the ebook a while ago. Just finished listening to the audiobook.
STRANDED IN DEEP SPACE ... BUT AT LEAST THEY HAVE DONUTS.
When a warp engine …
I read the ebook a while ago, now I'm listening to the audiobook.
In a narrative as powerful and moving as it is authoritative, David O’Keefe rewrites history, connecting Canada’s tragedy at Dieppe …
Maybe you want one, but your parents don’t agree? Or maybe you do have a phone, but your parents think …
The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female …
Content warning Minor spoiler about the ending
Very good, and an interesting insight into President Snow's early life, which provides some context to his later actions.
The ending is excellent but brutal.
In a narrative as powerful and moving as it is authoritative, David O’Keefe rewrites history, …
O'Keefe makes a strong case for his assertion that the Dieppe raid was planned as a pinch operation. The audiobook narrator is also very good.
The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the …
Individual greed takes the place of old world rivalries of great nations. Inside look at …
I really struggled to get interested in this one, and eventually just gave up. I don't know if I've changed, or if le Carré's later books just aren't as good as the earlier ones.
