Books you've been reading

[Cherry Pepsi Maxil]

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch


Essentially Harry Potter but involving a policeman in London. I've had the first couple of books in the series for years but I've never read the whole thing before. I'm quite enjoying it to be honest. Aaronovitch seems to know London like a pussy magnet knows  the female G-spot. Sometimes I prefer just chilling with a nice book rather than watch telly.

[rushy]

I finished reading the last Red Dwarf novel."Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers" and "Backwards" were the best ones. "Better than Life" was okay. "Last Human" was pretty mediocre.

Now reading Terry Nation's "Survivors".

[Cherry Pepsi Maxil]

Apr 22, 2024 20:43:20 GMT rushy said:

I finished reading the last Red Dwarf novel."Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers" and "Backwards" were the best ones. "Better than Life" was okay. "Last Human" was pretty mediocre.

Now reading Terry Nation's "Survivors".

I remember Better than Life having a bit of a dull mid section. The rest of it is excellent, though. Backwards is sooo good, too. The whole idea of "Backwards", in book form and on telly, is brilliant. 

[rushy]

Lol, I was just thinking that the backwards stuff was the part I'd leave out. I enjoyed it for the adaptation of Dimension Jump and Gunmen of the Apocalypse.

The writers had a real obsession with alternate realities and mindbending, which I think took away from the quality of the books. I want to see these characters in their actual environment, on Red Dwarf, not spending decades in some weird parallel world where nothing matters.

[Spark Doll King]

Dinosaur Sanctuary

A pretty fun manga series literally just about being a keeper in a Dinosaur Zoo. It's not a particularly high stakes series, more of a slice of life story that takes a more realistic approach to what caring for these ancient creatures would be like. The main caste are just a bunch of regular people doing their best to care for their charges and raise the zoo popularity to get more money so they can better funding. 




Redman: The Kaiju Hunter

A spin-off of the Ultraman franchise, this comic is based tv series of the same name. A low budget, short series which involved Redman fighting random kaiju, the series random nature and unintentional dark nature built it something of a cult following. By unintended dark nature, what I mean is that the titular "Hero" can come across as very unheroic as he attacks and murders monsters who are just minding their own business, making Redman seem more like a slasher villain.




This comic series is a direct sequel that also tires to develop a type of narrative around this little oddity. Set on a strange, desolate wasteland inhabited solely by monsters, the giant Redman constantly battles and kills giant monsters in a seemingly never ending loop. However there is someone pulling the strings, manipulating the circumstances of things in such a way as to try and ensure the destruction of Redman. It's an odd premise for a comic but very well made and intreasting.

[Cherry Pepsi Maxil]

The Curse of Fenric by Ian Briggs


One of the best target novels. The McCoy ones were so much more detailed and mature than the rest. Almost feels like I'm reading an expanded media novel instead. This is a bit chillier than the televised version with subtle hints and twists such as Nurse Crane being a spy for the Russians and that Millington was the one that crippled Judson when he looked at another guy.