Review: Why does E=MC²?

In my experience non-fiction books come in two categories: mind-blowingly fascinating or eye-wateringly crap. There is very little in between. Thankfully, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw’s book is squarely in the fascinating camp. The concept of the book, unsrprisingly, is...

Holiday Reading ’09

It’s been quiet because I’ve been on holiday and the Internet connection I thought the hotel had was knackered. I don’t think it did me any harm. There won’t be any travelogue style blogs after this trip because it was largely about having a...

Hugos And Graveyards

I’m a bit late to comment on Adam Roberts’ critique but this kind of surprised me: “But The Graveyard Book is too twee, too cosy, especially given that its theme is Death which is, in reality, neither twee or cosy, as some children, and all of us...

Bookrater Review: Making Money

New review up at Bookrater.co.uk: Making Money by Terry Pratchett The Discworld series Terry Pratchett created is, like the reviewer, getting to the stage where it can no longer pass for young and has to face up to the reality of being fully grown. That being the...