\nAnother month gone by means another list of books read. <\/p>\n
\nThe Thief of Time<\/cite> — Terry Pratchett \nFlat Earth News<\/cite> — Nick Davies \nVellum<\/a><\/cite> — Hal Duncan \nMatter<\/cite> — Iain M. Banks \nLast Days of the Reich<\/cite> — James Lucas \nFarthing<\/a><\/cite> — Jo Walton \nPetty Pewter Gods<\/cite> — Glen Cook \nImperial Earth<\/a><\/cite> — Arthur C. Clarke \nThe Compleat Enchanter<\/a><\/cite> — L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
\nThe first time I reread this. A typical late Discworld novel.\n<\/p>\n
\nNick Davies is an acclaimed journalist who here exposes the news media for the shallow spreaders of lies they are. Something of a Manufacturing Consent<\/a><\/cite> for the 21st century, though with less analysis and more anecdotes.\n<\/p>\n
\nA brilliant fantasy novel that will annoy the fuck out of a lot of people for being so deliberately vague and confusing.\n<\/p>\n
\nBanks’ latest Culture novel, which doesn’t disappoint.\n<\/p>\n
\nThis details the last phase of the struggle in Europe during World War 2, from the battle for Berlin until the final surrender of German forces on May 9, 1945. It’s somewhat marred by the author being slightly too keen to document the outrages undergone by Germany at the hands of the Russians while largely omitting the context in which these outrages happened.\n<\/p>\n
\nA cozy murder mystery set in 1949, in a world in which Britain and nazi Germany made peace in 1941. The horror of the situation creeps up on you.\n<\/p>\n
\nAn entertaining hardboiled detective story set in a fantasy worlds where the Gods come quite literally knocking on our hero’s door…\n<\/p>\n
\nDated but still interesting late science fiction novel by the last of the Big Three.\n<\/p>\n
\nYngi is a louse! Classic fantasy stories from a time before Tolkien.\n<\/p>\n