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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.

Hands-on Rust

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  • Herbert Wolverson

An excellent introduction to game development and the Rust programming language. Manages that all too rare feat of being fun and informative.

Attack Surface

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  • Cory Doctorow

An interesting essay on state and corporate surveillance, expanded into a rather dull and unimaginative novel.

To Say Nothing of the Dog

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  • Connie Willis

The most irreverent novel about time travel I have read. Quite possibly, also the best novel about time travel I have read.

Chapterhouse: Dune

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  • Frank Herbert

A very weird, and rather anti-climatic ending to the series.

Heretics of Dune

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  • Frank Herbert

The most pulpy of the dune novels, but still has its moments of greatness.

God Emperor of Dune

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  • Frank Herbert

A radical, but ultimately successful break from the earlier setting of the series. Possibly the best book of the sequels.

Children of Dune

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  • Frank Herbert

Thought provoking and at times bewildering. Dune will never again reach the heights of the first book, but each sequel is nonetheless deserved of attention.

Dune Messiah

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  • Frank Herbert

A very different book from its predecessor. Not as magnificent, but a read that rewards giving it your undivided attention.

Dune

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  • Frank Herbert

Perhaps the greatest science fiction novel ever written.

The Sundering

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  • Gav Thorpe

A Warhammer omnibus of monstrous proportions that ends up being rather too much of a slog.

Eric

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  • Terry Pratchett

Shorter than other Discworld books, but all the better for it as the usual Pratchett formula is condensed, not reduced. Probably my favourite wizards book so far.