Archive for June 2008

Making Money

30/06/2008

Another great book from Pratchett, not quite as good as Going Postal, the first book featuring Moist von Lipwig, but with more than enough laughs, action, manipulations and outmanoeuvring to keep Pratchett fans happy.
Moist is getting bored now he has turned the Post Office into an efficient machine, his stamps have started a whole new [...]

The Dreaming Void

29/06/2008

Hamilton is another author I have read regularly and generally been pleased with his epic storylines and interesting views on how he sees humanity in the future. The Void trilogy, of which this is the first book, takes place more than a thousand years after the events of Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained, although [...]

Next

28/06/2008

I’ve read a number of Crichton’s books, generally I like his mixture of fact and fiction and especially the research he does into complex topics. I also enjoy his bent on scientific/technological topics. I picked up Next some time ago when I saw it on offer somewhere but have only recently got around [...]

Mystery on Fifth Avenue

14/06/2008

The architectural designer of the Klinsky’s apartment left them a series of clues and puzzles in hidden compartments and panels to reveal a mystery. Check out the picture gallery too.
What a great story.

Operation Cat Drop

6/06/2008

Genius, they tried to wipe out malaria with DDT, which worked it’s way up the food chain and killed all the cats, so rats flourished. The solution: parachute 14,000 live cats in.
Other links to the story here and here

Monthly Archives

Categories