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The Man Who Japed**

November 30, 2020 john hobson Books

By Philip K Dick After reading through the treacle of the first two published SF novels, The Man Who Japed is the first recognisably coherent Dickian work. More a novella than a full length piece,

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The World Jones Made*

November 21, 2020 john hobson Books

Philip K Dick And the project to read all Philip K Dick’s books in chronological order nearly ended with The World Jones Made. I owned a copy in the Seventies and never made it past

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Solar Lottery*

August 12, 2020 john hobson Books

by Philip K Dick Solar Lottery was the first full length novel by Philip K Dick’s to be published. Be under no illusions, this is hard going. The basic plot concerns an attempt to overthrow

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#AugustProject

August 1, 2020 john hobson Books, Film & TV, Music

The post Lockdown period has proved the most stressful, like living outside the world. With the likelihood of a return to the total lockdown possible, it seems a good time to try and accept this

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The Anarchy****

March 15, 2020 john hobson Books

By William Dalrymple For reasons which become clear reading this timely history, Brits have closed out the history of India and our role in conquering it. We all know about the American War of Independence

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The 25 Page Rule

February 24, 2020 john hobson Books

I used to read books I didn’t enjoy to the bitter end. Time, however, is running short. If it hasn’t caught my interest by 25 pages, it’s off to the charity shop or back to

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This Is How You Lose the Time War****

January 26, 2020 john hobson Books

By Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Two adversaries, fighting an interminable war across time zones and multiverses, start leaving each other letters via increasingly bizarre and inventive methods. As their relationship grows beyond admiration to

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61 Hours ***

January 25, 2020 john hobson Books

Author Lee Childs With the double whammy that Lee Childs is to be a Booker judge just as he announces he’s handing on writing Jack Reacher to his brother, it seemed an appropriate time to

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