I, Robot
I, Robot is a collection of interconnected stories exploring the Three Laws of Robotics. Anyone with even a passing interest in science fiction or robotics will have heard of Asimov’s laws and they have continued to be influential over 65 years later. The book is…
All the Birds in the Sky
One day the Singularity would elevate humans to cybernetic superbeings, and maybe then people would say what they meant. Probably not, though. I loved this tale of when magic and science collide, full of humour, love and commentary on our modern life. It’s the second…
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World After an Apocalypse
If you survived the apocalypse would you know what to do next? How would you rebuild civilisation? This book aims to put in the hands of the survivors crucial knowledge that will kick-start technological advancement, but also keep them fed and healthy. I read The…
The Ballroom
She’d heard of it. Since she was small. If you ever did anything stupid: the asylum. For the lunatics. The paupers. They’ll send you to Sharston, and you’ll never come out. In an asylum on the Yorkshire moors, a dance is held once a week…
Revival: You’re Among Friends
Revival is a “rural noir” comic series by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton (with additional illustrations by Mark Englert). Volume one was included in one of the Image Comics Humble Bundles that I’ve bought over the years and, with an intention to read more graphic…
Previously, on Bournemouth Book Club…
I’ve been a bit of a moany pants about book group reads lately, generally we’ve not been reading books I’ve been that excited by. Perhaps I’ve been judging them before I even get going but honestly, these two books weren’t great hits with the group…
Salt to the Sea
Germany was finally telling people what they should have said months ago. Run for your lives. Salt to the Sea follows a group of characters in the harsh winter of 1945, travelling across what was once Prussia in order to secure passage on boats which…
13 Minutes
Natasha Howland had been dead for 13 minutes when she’s resuscitated. She can’t remember how she ended up in the icy river. She’s certain it wasn’t a suicide attempt and she doesn’t think it was an accident. But who would want to hurt her, the…
