A Police Procedural in a future (2035), slightly dystopian Scotland. What is “Rule 34”? Here it is: rule #34: – If it exists there IS porn of it. Our hero – Liz Kavanaugh – is on the “Rule 34 squad” – which investigates crimes of ….uh…unorthodox, fringe and …uh…innovative nature. Her career is a bit on the decline and she has been relegated to rule 34 squad – not really the prime place to be, but then….some ..uh…”unique” murders occur. She is pulled into an […]
Too Close to Reality
Found this book on “https://harperreed.com/books” – which I recommend to you if you are looking for book ideas. Harper Reed is an interesting guy and his taste in books closely mirrors my own – especially in SciFi/fantasy/Spec/Alternate fiction. Grumby is the comic tale of a Silicon Valley company; team of engineers/hackers modify old “Furby” dolls with AI software, cameras, sensors, spy software and a smart ass attitude. They re-name them as “Grumbies”, network them together, sell millions, make millions, lose millions and make […]
Noir-ish Sci Fi Alternate New York
Two battling superheroes fight and one of their energy blasts opens a rift into an alternate universe – “Empire State”; A mysterious fog shrouded parallel universe New York City, tied up in an endless war. Think “noir”, “steampunk”, “Gotham” during a parallel “Depression Era Prohibition” with time travel, superheroes and gangsters. Add private detectives, robots and rocket boots. “Empire State” Private Detective Rad Bradley has been hired to investigate the disappearance of a woman. While doing this, he encounters visitors from “New York”. As his investigation […]
Fair Dinkum Mate…
Gifted to me by a friend – not my usual SciFi/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction. But I trust my friends taste and dove into the book with no idea what it was about. It’s Australian and written in “Australian” which takes a bit of adjusting to – a bit like listening to someone speaking Cockney; at first you have no idea what they are saying or even what they are talking about, but after a while…you start to get the lingo, the colloquialisms and you get […]