Nod by Adrian Barnes was first published in 2012 and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2013. Titan Books have now reissued it with a beautifully striking, not to mention extrem...
https://robinbrooksbooks.wordpress.com/2016/04/20/nod-by-adrian-barnes/
Hello! Today is my turn for the All Their Minds in Tandem blog tour. My contribution is a short review of this unusual and thought provoking book. Memory. Loss. Redemption. Three words that gov...
This review first appeared on GeekDad.com in March 2016 ‘Should I fall and you survive, promise me this. That you’ll carry in your heart a hatred of Britons.’ ‘What do you mean, warrior? ...
This piece first appeared on GeekDad.com in Feb 2016 Robert Jackson Bennett’s first Divine City novel, City of Stairs, took me a little while to work my way into. I am happy to confess this...
https://robinbrooksbooks.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/robert-jackson-bennetts-divine-cities/
To celebrate the release of Vu Tran’s debut literary thriller, Dragonfish, the fine folks at No Exit Press have come up with a fun way to get the community talking about the book. Everything yo...
https://robinbrooksbooks.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/whereissuzy-dragonfish-by-vu-tran/
This piece first appeared on GeekDad on 5/2/2016 When I was growing up, I loved the Rev. W. Awdry books, these days better known as Thomas and Friends. Back then the books weren’t a marketing b...
“There have always been two ways to be rich: by accumulating vast sums or by needing very little.” Is chivalry dead? Watching the news, reading comments on Facebook, and viewing some of the w...
https://robinbrooksbooks.wordpress.com/2016/02/07/rules-for-a-knight/
This review first appeared on GeekDad 30/1/2016 A few months ago I stumbled on this article by William Sutcliffe, published by the UK’s Independent newspaper. Ignoring its primary content for a...
https://robinbrooksbooks.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/concentr8/
A version of this post appeared on GeekDad.com on 14/1/2016 Towards the end of 2015, a new phenomenon entered our household. We have always read lots of stories together, but suddenly my children...
This review fist appeared on GeekDad on 4/1/2015 Iain Pear’s Arcadia is a piece of precision literary engineering. I’ve realised recently, that a novel’s structure is very important to ...