Permutation City Blog

Adam's final installment to the extended Hitchhiker's trilogy. It has familiar characters but it's been brought up to date new science fiction ideas. This doesn't work for me as the original series belongs to my childhood. I still enjoy the originals and they don't need to be brought up to date.

Not one of her better series. Lots of running about with human and felinoid people.

An exploration of food around the world by one man as his band travels the world. A parade of regular and unusual dishes along with a few reminiscences from childhood. As the author is from Glasgow, Mother India's Cafe gets a mention.

By the creator of the video of the same name on youtube. The cat does his thing in a collection of strips / pictures. It's funny but the cats (and other animals) human style behaviour is sometimes too much. He should really stick to great observational humour plus a little exaggeration.

Not one of her better series. Some big bear things come along and join the existing human and felinoid population.

Verne has something here but it seem buried in the minuta of where the Nautilus is going and exactly what species of fish they're looking at, or going to eat next. It comes across now as strangely inaccurate, you can't sail a submarine to the South Pole, but that's because it was ahead of it's time.

A story of soldierboy warfare where a jack in the operators head controls the combat robot hundreds of miles away. I was disappointed in this compared to the Forver War. It's not bad but it doesn't have much to say either.

In another collection of short stories Egan explorers some of the places he's visited before. Several pieces of history are filled in. He wonders about the ethics causing the evolution of an intelligent race and all the suffering it must entail.

Henry is chrono-impared. He can't stay in the present and makes short trips through time. This is a romance set told across two people's lives, lives that have been randomly shuffled together. It's difficult to put down through the happy and sad times. This book seems to transcend it's science fiction boundaries and appeal to a wide range of people.

A set in a present day, but somewhat fantastic, world. A set of individual stories linked by a few people and places. I enjoyed bits of this but lost the plot in a few places as well.