- Mon, 12:56: It’s not all bad news. https://t.co/3Uilsjnfeg
- Mon, 15:00: American Gods by Neil Gaiman My thoughts from 2003: I think this is a very good book but not a great book. Many of the best bits were done previously by Gaiman in Sandman, and done better. #nwbooks https://t.co/uRjexaPPSZ https://t.co/ToP2rcoZZO https://t.co/6Y9tLhbsvs
- Mon, 15:10: Notes from a Small Island, by Bill Bryson This book was written in 1994, and shows its age in some respects but remains a very affectionate take on England and the English by a near-insider. #nwbooks https://t.co/k7jBowXmzr https://t.co/i7qakJNzsJ https://t.co/Ecdbox63zI
- Mon, 15:20: Casino Royale, by Ian Fleming What surprised me is that I don’t think Bond’s amoral, exploitative attitude to women is presented at all in an approving way. He has been dehumanised by his work, and this is his tragedy. #nwbooks https://t.co/63BkY9Gfui https://t.co/eXCnWoH87b https://t.co/Cunjgwy0uu
- Mon, 15:30: An Intimate History of Humanity, by Theodore Zeldin I got through less than a tenth of it before I reached my “Tonstant Weader fwowed up” moment. #nwbooks https://t.co/A1fJTIST43 https://t.co/8dcPgaurLG https://t.co/DaROiM35Pr
- Mon, 15:40: Don’t Mention the Wars: A Journey Through European Stereotypes, by @tconnellyRTE Written before I got to know him. I said, “RT� have an important asset – not just for Ireland, but for the English-speaking world.” #nwbooks https://t.co/KXmaeBj1uV https://t.co/fuQqQmdjG5 https://t.co/bS7zprzEi8
- Mon, 15:50: Bleeding Hearts, by Ian Rankin Most of this is excellent. But unfortunately I was completely unconvinced by the twist-in-the-tail resolutions of both main plot strands. #nwbooks https://t.co/tLCgXxh7ry https://t.co/cqqgdOvgCe https://t.co/mmw62gR0OO
- Mon, 16:00: Le Chat du Rabbin tome 1, by Joann Sfar The Rabbi’s cat learns to talk, and comments on his human family and friends. The precarious social position of the Algerian Jewish community is very sympathetically portrayed. #nwbooks https://t.co/nysf2Gb959 https://t.co/Zr0ZfsYlhE https://t.co/CR4jlTFMC4
- Mon, 16:10: The Father Christmas Letters, by J.R.R. Tolkien Minor Tolkieniana for the completist, but it is awfully pleasing. Tolkien can hardly have imagined that future scholars would pore over his Christmas fun in such detail. #nwbooks https://t.co/lryAFi39Tk https://t.co/8WvPk3MkYF https://t.co/NGv3zZ8yIB
- Mon, 16:20: Tardis Eruditorum vol 4: Tom Baker and the Hinchcliffe Years, by Elizabeth Sandifer (review written before author changed name) I nodded in satisfied agreement 90% of the time and blinked in surprise 10% of the time. #nwbooks https://t.co/qsjndDTx9e https://t.co/AmTFIMTNAv https://t.co/vq9WQcRmpF
- Mon, 16:30: Information is Beautiful, by David McCandless David McCandless’s personal favourites from the infographics he has posted at https://t.co/lGO14q6zlm. #nwbooks https://t.co/zQ9fZIBJqM https://t.co/1lW3mOiSlv https://t.co/TpIWUQ4cXR
- Mon, 16:40: Hark, A Vagrant!, by Kate Beaton A collection of Canadian comics artist Beaton’s pieces, mainly from her website (https://t.co/qLb99LruhA), mainly on literature. I love the Bront� sisters piece that opens the collection. #nwbooks https://t.co/IEr1D5DYgy https://t.co/YHPAm3QB2s https://t.co/sppaHtDhPz
- Mon, 16:50: The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, by Sydney Padua This book is a true delight. I literally laughed until I cried at the revelation of the identity of Coleridge’s Person from Porlock. #nwbooks https://t.co/LmA6cZZ8XQ https://t.co/1F2W0w10WK https://t.co/HAgYx8DfiT
- Mon, 17:00: Apostata, by Ken Broeders Epic saga of the Emperor Julian the Apostate, a rollicking story of the young man, plucked from relative obscurity to leadership, with a vision of turning back the adoption of Christianity to restore the old gods. #nwbooks https://t.co/mQqf4LDGGw https://t.co/4dho9yczec
- Mon, 17:10: The Star-Rover, by Jack London The constrained protagonist relives his own past incarnations – all very manly white men (and one boy) who do manly things involving killing and making love to beautiful foreign women. #nwbooks https://t.co/V3upHlfCzE https://t.co/k0DzKzJom7 https://t.co/bktTUNi8A6
- Mon, 17:11: The lost BBC play where the world government is based in London… Superman saves us from a plague… The first landing on Mars meets one of the least convincing monsters you’ll ever see… 20th century science fiction looks at the year to come: https://t.co/jJjSB9msme
- Mon, 17:20: Everfair, by Nisi Shawl An alternate history where Fabian socialists team up with local leaders to build a steampunk-based society in what in our timeline became the Belgian Congo. I would have liked more local colour. #nwbooks https://t.co/zuEFWXJEmw https://t.co/atlU6U3MJR https://t.co/iKRQ8qDyUW
- Mon, 17:30: The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, by Maria Augusta Trapp The book is very direct about the plight of refugees seeking permanent status in the USA – inhumanly difficult now, but not easy then even for Austrians. #nwbooks https://t.co/XHeaeM22Ym https://t.co/Duwo58EhOY https://t.co/0QjGIIAcnl
- Mon, 17:40: Perilous Dreams, by Andre Norton Bounced off this. Somehow I never quite got to grips with the setting or what was going on; it is about shared dreams and a dreamed reality, but I didn’t really understand it. #nwbooks https://t.co/hjxPT5ziXm https://t.co/RB2DPc7W7n https://t.co/oDS1Aj3js0
- Mon, 17:41: Macrolife, by George Zebrowski https://t.co/aWDvFYcTht
- Mon, 17:50: The Three Musketeers, by Alexander Dumas It’s full of exciting fights and journeys. Big flaw: the story of the villainess Milady de Winter; also D’Artagnan’s love life is barely coherent. But in the end it is great fun. #nwbooks https://t.co/1bKJjLupbu https://t.co/LmiqyHAnuZ https://t.co/IFz9CAxICR
- Mon, 18:00: “She Was Good – She Was Funny”, and My Morning Glory etc, by David Marusek The first is an unremarkable short story about a guy in Alaska. The 3 very short pieces in My Morning Glory all sparkle. @nwbooks https://t.co/YqFbAluAhe https://t.co/63e5gHjc0f https://t.co/yjYdUL9Ga7 https://t.co/X1ZcpF0zql
- Mon, 18:29: RT @IanMoore3000: @nwbrux I have long avoided this book after picking up the idea that the protagonists are all repulsive.
- Mon, 19:21: The unseen episode of Secret Army, and Kessler https://t.co/CfdPq87xiw
- Tue, 01:59: RT @tslumley: @nwbrux The affection is surprisingly absent from his recent sequel ‘The Road to Little Dribbling’, where he’s turned into a…
- Tue, 07:02: RT @MColvinMcKenzie: @tslumley @nwbrux Hmmm but what about what england has turned into?
- Tue, 09:30: Whoniversaries 29 December: Bernard Cribbins, Time Warrior #3, Horns of Nimon #2, Girl in Fireplace https://t.co/Kmq30H8OwS
- Tue, 10:17: RT @majmurr: @tslumley @nwbrux I don’t read his books. The few times I’ve started I find too much “humour” directed at those whose culture…
- Tue, 10:45: Wow, interesting. UK Parliament cannot even veto treaties – unlike European Parliament! https://t.co/ON7OshRWqI
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