CategoryBook Reviews

Review: Helbrecht: Knight of the Throne (Warhammer 40K)

Black Templar

Helbrecht: Knight of the ThroneWarhammer 40,000Marc CollinsScience FictionBlack Library15 October 2022Audiobook6h 22mAudible A Black Templars Short Novel: Guided by a vision, the High Marshal of the Black Templars journeys to a world left in ruins for millennia, in search of a holy relic. An heir of Sigismund has been reborn. The Shrine Worlds Crusades are over. The Rubicon Primaris has been...

Review: The Mind Parasites

Art by Loïc Muzy

The Mind ParasitesColin WilsonSupernatural, MetaphysicalAudible Studios27 March 2015Audiobook8h 23mAudible Wilson has blended H. P. Lovecraft’s dark vision with his own revolutionary philosophy and unique narrative powers to produce a stunning, high-tension story of vaulting imagination. A professor makes a horrifying discovery while excavating a sinister archaeological site. For over 200...

Review: Second Foundation

Foundation 1

Second Foundation Foundation, Book 3 Isaac Asimov Science Fiction HarperCollins 26 September 2019 Audiobook 9h 7m Audible Winner of the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series. The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one...

Review: Foundation and Empire

Foundation 1

Foundation and Empire Foundation, Book 2 Isaac Asimov Science Fiction HarperCollins 26 September 2019 Audiobook 9h 33m Audible Winner of the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series. The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination...

Review: Foundation

Foundation 1

Foundation Foundation, Book 1 Isaac Asimov Science Fiction HarperCollins 26 September 2019 Audiobook 8h 56m Audible Winner of the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series. The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one whose...

Review: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Return of the King

The Return of the King Lord of the Rings Book 3 JRR Tolkein Fantasy HarperCollins Publishers Limited 11 Oct 2005 Audiobook 17h 2m Audible The armies of the Dark Lord Sauron are massing as his evil shadow spreads ever wider. Men, Dwarves, Elves and Ents unite forces to do battle against the Dark. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam struggle further into Mordor in their heroic quest to destroy the One Ring...

Review: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Two Towers: Fan Art

The Two Towers Lord of the Rings (Book 2) JRR Tolkein Fantasy HarperCollins Publishers Limited 26 Dec 2004 Audiobook 16 hrs and 36 mins Audible Building on the story begun in The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, this is the second part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling...

Review: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Fellowship of the Ring

The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings, Book 1 JRR Tolkein Fantasy HarperCollins Publishers Limited 26 December 2014 Audiobook 19h 53m Audible Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power – the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth...

Review: Save The Cat

Save The Cat

Save The Cat Blake Snyder How To Michael Wiese Productions 25 May 2005 Kindle 215 pages Amazon He’s made millions of dollars selling screenplays to Hollywood and now screenwriter Blake Snyder tells all. “Save the Cat” is just one of Snyder’s many ironclad rules for making your ideas more marketable and your script more satisfying – and saleable, including: the four...

Review: The Elements of Style

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The Elements of Style William Strunk Jr & EB White Non-Fiction ESBooks 21 Mar 2020 Kindle 97 pages Amazon ‘The Elements of Style’ (1918), by William Strunk, Jr., is an American English writing style guide. It is the best-known, most influential prescriptive treatment of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading and usage in U.S. high school and university...