Life on Earth
An excellent summary of an incredibly dense subject. Easy and pleasant to read, while also very informative.
I read a lot of books, and I even try and write some too. This page contains links to books I've read and enjoyed, so I can find them again in the future (and others can read them too, if they're interested). It also houses copies of some of the short stories I've written, as well as links to download them as epub files that you can read on an e-reader such as a Kindle or Kobo.
Dates given for other people's work are the date I finished reading them; for my own work the date given is approximately when it was 'completed' - the date I first tried to submit it to a publisher.
An excellent summary of an incredibly dense subject. Easy and pleasant to read, while also very informative.
A detailed world with lots of characters, sadly let down by the book itself being mostly info-dumps.
A fun and at times beautifully observed fantasy story, marred only a little by too frequent toilet humour.
Clunky prose, stereotyped characters, and full of cliches. Nevertheless, it has a plot and some interesting things to say.
A very average Black Library novel, but has the seeds of the things that would later make Abnett such a fun writer.
Starts out with Pratchett at his absolute best, with a somewhat more subtle, observation based approach to humour. Sadly, it is not to last and the Wizards of Unseen University soon take over.
Fewer moments of brilliance than the previous Discworld books, but no loss of direction part way through. Consistently funny and enjoyable from the beginning right the way through until the grand finale.
An okay science fiction novel that could have been exceptional if it had spent less time on human experience and instead emphasised the nature of non-human conciousness.
An excellent introduction to game development and the Rust programming language. Manages that all too rare feat of being fun and informative.
An interesting essay on state and corporate surveillance, expanded into a rather dull and unimaginative novel.