Saturday 22 August 2020
by Wulf
Comments Off on Best of British Fantasy 2019
So far, 2020 feels like it could be the backdrop for the kind of story that makes up most of this collection of fantasy stories. Although focused on work from last year from authors working in Britain and Ireland, editor … Continue reading
Thursday 17 October 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Free Cornish Army by Chris Dolley
This short work is the partial autobiography of an author I have previously come across from lighthearted works like his ‘Reeves and Worcester’ steampunk detective stories. It covers a brief period of his life in the 1970s, organising japes for … Continue reading
Saturday 31 August 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Best of British Science Fiction 2018
I recently reviewed the equivalent anthology of British fantasy writing (in its inaugural year), so I had that volume in mind as I read through this collection. Both are large compendiums; this one, which has a long-standing pedigree, contains 26 … Continue reading
Wednesday 14 August 2019
by Wulf
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I was surprised to discover that The Best of British Fantasy 2018 (editor: Jared Shurin), which I got a review copy of from the LibraryThing Early Reviewer programme, was the first volume of this collection. There has been a long … Continue reading
Tuesday 21 May 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Having recently acquired a copy of German Short Stories for Beginners from Touri Language Learning as part of the LibraryThing Early Reviewers programme, I can definitely confirm that the answer is nein. Even my reading of German, which used to … Continue reading
Wednesday 22 March 2017
by Wulf
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Behind the Mask is an anthology of superhero stories edited by Tricia Reeks and Kyle Richardson. Setting off on the journey of reading it, I wasn’t sure what to expect; I’ve read plenty of superhero stories but normally they are … Continue reading
Friday 30 September 2016
by Wulf
Comments Off on Chef Q in Paris: The Fall Collection by Didier Quemener
Cookery books fall on a continuum between simple collections of recipes to writing about the food that drops occasional hints about how to do something similar yourself. My taste tends towards the latter so, in reviewing the copy of Chef … Continue reading