Classic Adventures According to Spike Milligan
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Spike Milligan wrote the book on today's sense of humour' 'But why keep me in the dark, Holmes?' 'It...
The Aeronaut's Windlass
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'Great action scenes, a fascinating world, and characters of a sort I've never seen before. This is...
The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil
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es Stephen Collins was the winner of the Jonathan Cape/Observer Graphic Short Story Prize in 2010....
The Grave Tender
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A chilling psychological suspense novel, The Grave Tender explores the dark boundaries people cross...
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The Inspector and Silence
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In the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heat. In the beautiful forested lake-town...
I am Death
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER. Seven days after being...
Jesters_folly (230 KP) rated Bring it on, Ghost in TV
Jul 17, 2020
Bring it on, Ghost is a Korean, horror, romance, comedy romance series on Netflix. Each episode is a 'Monster of the week' type of story with also builds up the story of Park Bong-pal and how he gained the ability to see ghosts and what it means to his future.
The horror aspect of the series is quite tame, some of the ghosts are creepy but the show focus's on Park Bong-pal and Kim Hyeon-ji's relationship and works on building up the over aching series story line.
Being about ghosts there are the occasional episodes that touch on suicide and child abuse but these are handled well and manly focus on the effect such actions have on the survives and are not glorified or used for shock value.
Jesters_folly (230 KP) rated Ergo Proxy in TV
Jul 18, 2020
Earth had become un-inhabitable and the remaining humans live in the Utopian domed city of Romdo aided in their lives by autoReiv's, androids that act as anything from butlers to children. However, things in Romdo are not as idyllic as they seem, the AutoReiv's are being infected with a virus that gives them emotions, the ruler is close to death and mysterious monster known as a proxy is on the loose . It falls to Re-l Mayer, a female detective and her friends, Vincent Law, an immigrant and Pino, an autoReiv child to go down to the the dead planet and find out the secrets of the Proxy's.
Ergo Proxy is a philosophical story that is almost always questioning what it is to be human, the story is very slow paced giving the characters time to reflect on what is happening.
There are a few times where the plot seems to contradict its self but these issues are solved by the final episode.
The characters are interesting and the story draws on inspiration from other works such as Pinocchio, the Wizard of Oz and Icarus all mixed together in a dystopian, cyberpunk future.
From Deep Space with Love: A Conversation About Consciousness, the Universe and Building a Better World
Mike Dooley and Tracy Farquhar
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From Deep Space with Love gives readers the chance to listen in on a fascinating conversation...


