Speculative Fiction Reviews

“Blind Faith” by Ben Elton – depressingly plausible dystopian future-Britain in which privacy is a crime

“Croak” trilogy by Gina Damico – orignal, dark, witty and increasingly grim YA fantasy series

“Steelheart – The Reckoners Book One” by Brandon Sanderson: exciting, original YA SF with dark undertones.

“Revelation Space” by Alastair Reynolds – great ideas but the characters are hard to care about

“Clean: Mindspace Investigation Novel #1” by Alex Hughes – gripping sf-noir

“Unseen Academicals” by Terry Pratchett – football as the magic of the masses

“Foxglove Summer” Rivers of London #5 by Ben Aaronovitch – PC Peter Grant goes to the country

” A Symphony of Echoes” by Jodi Taylor – a darker St. Mary’s emerges from beneath the muddling through

“The Rapture” by Liz Jensen -distinctly English take on the “End of Days”