When I left Hawkwind, the cojones came with me. This book is not for the faint of heart or those easily offended. If you have ever seen Lemmy speak, you will know that what you see is what you get. This book feels like you are sitting down at the bar at the Rainbow, doing shots of Jack Daniel’s while Lem smokes and drinks and spins his tale. He’s not in the business of sugar-coating anything, that’s for sure, but I gotta admire the guy […]
The gift is this astonishing book
Okay, I didn’t know anything about this book and I am so glad I didn’t. To have the story unfold in it’s own way made this delightful, breathless and surprisingly poignant reading. In that spirit, I will not spoil here. M.R. Carey is a pseudonym for Mike Carey, writer and creator of the Felix Castor series (which I have got to check out ASAP!) among other things. I remember him from his excellent run of Lucifer comics for Vertigo back in the day. Still, what […]
One of the greatest explorers the world has never known
This book was an absolute delight. Mervyn Peake was a novelist, playwright, painter, poet, short story writer, designer and war artist. Probably known best for his Gormenghast series, I have always been on the lookout for other books and oddments of his as I find his work thoroughly engaging and highly imaginative. “Pickle my carcass! how innocent I was!” This book is told in the words and drawings of the unnamed “Lost Uncle”. He is in search of the great White Lion and has been […]
Tuan volgen oketh ama*
*Literally means “Don’t put a spoon in your eye over it.” Siaru idiom meaning “don’t let it make you crazy” I had to really take that advice to heart while slogging through this brick. It’s not that I won’t read loooooooong books (see Karl Ove Knausgaard). I have very little experience with the fantasy genre but one of my pledges to myself while undertaking this Cannonball Read was to try new writers and genres and mediums. Regular fans of the stuff may have an easier time […]