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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury


2008
10.10

First published in 1953. A sci-fi of the way government controls ‘the people’ by stopping them reading books and therefore having a creative cultured life by burning books.
Still fresh today. I read the edition with an interview by the author which was interesting to hear if he would have changed the book if he wanted to. Also his view that making abridged editions of novels is just as bad as burning books…go on him.

Score 6/10

Date read October 2008

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Y The Last Man – Unmanned by Brian K Vaughan and others


2008
09.10

Some bright spark in our book group (and he is bright) had a good idea to get us to read a graphic novel. I liked the idea and tackled the book with an open mind.
An unknown event occurs and kills off the male species, oh hang on…yes you guessed it, all but one man. We then have rival women tribes, our lonely male had better watch out.
Corny, thin, rubbish, tripe. Nice illustrations though.

Score 2/10

Date read September 2008

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The End of Mister Y by Scarlett Thomas


2008
08.10

A cursed book and a troposphere = a great idea for a story.
The novel borders on sci-fi but isn’t really.
Ariel finds and reads the cursed book, then takes a potion, this takes her via the Troposphere, this allows her to jump into peoples minds (or mice’s minds!)
Would I read more by her, yes definitely.

Score 7.5/10

Date read August 2008

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The Fairy Tale Detective by Michael Buckley


2006
08.29

“Here’s a bit of fun, a teen title.
A story of The Sisters Grimm and the Everafterlife.
Perhaps a tad tame.

Score 6/10

Date read Augest 2006

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