Tag: thriller
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Three for the Months (June 2020)
This month looks about tragic in terms of available time, but since I have challenged myself to read at least three new books every…
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Three for the Months (April 2020)
One of the things lockdown is good for (in addition of help fight Covid-2019) is that you get additional time for reading (even if…
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WWW Wednesday: 8 August 2018
The WWW Wednesday meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam @ Taking on a World of Words. It’s a great way to do a weekly…
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Teaser Tuesday (27 March)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current read…
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Sacrifice (2016). A review.
It’s a (well-known) fact -at least for friends&neighbours- that I binge-watch pretty much all horror Netflix and Amazon Prime dare to put online. Horror movies…
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Anime on Netflix – a few favourites
After having reviewed Castelvania on this blog, I’ve received a few questions about which anime are worth watching on Netflix. Difficult to answer, since the…
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I Am Behind You by John Ajvide Lindqvist. A review
It is not a mystery for anybody reading this blog that I am a fan of Lindqvist. I have reviewed his brilliant “Let the…
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Teaser Tuesday (23 May)
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along by doing the following: • Grab your current…
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A lost opportunity: Helix.
In case you have never heard of it, Helix is an American SF/ thriller TV series aired by Syfy. The plot: a team of…
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Host (2015). A review
[Disclaimer: this review is about Host, by Robin Cook -not The Host, which is instead a Stephanie Meyer’s novel – which you’ll probably never find…
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Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Brasyl (2007) is a novel by Ian McDonald. It portrays an original SF thriller set on three different timelines – i.e. Brazil at different…
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Song of Kali, by Dan Simmons – Book Review
In SF fandom Dan Simmons is especially known for the Hyperion Cantos series, and with a reason: those books, especially the first two – Hyperion and…
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SF Classics – Blood Music by Greg Bear
Blood Music (1985) by Greg Bear, originally published as a novelette in the SF magazine Analog, portrays the frightening experiment of a biotechnologist who creates…
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XXI Century Sci-Fi – Prey by Michael Crichton
Prey (2002) is a novel by Michael Crichton, and, as others of the same author, presents unintended consequences of newly discovered technologies and scientific…
