56. Tom-All-Alone's by Lynn Shepherd

Some time in the last year I went to a talk by Lynn Shepherd and was convinced to buy her new book, A Treacherous Likeness, and loved it. So I got hold of the previous one as well.

This one is set in the intersection between Dickens' Bleak House and Collins' The Woman in White (mostly the former) and makes ( Read more... )

Whoops. I had quite a lot to say about some of these, but I doubt I'll be able to remember any of it now.

17. Some Remarks by Neal StephensonA collection of various articles and essays and a couple of short stories Stephenson has produced over the years. Fascinating stuff, for the most part. The longest piece is a series of articles he did for ( Read more... )