pick(1959) Second in Norton's “Time Traders“ series. In this one, time agents discover an alien spaceship crash-landed on Earth in the Pleistocene. When the agents send it through a time gate for studying in the present, they accidentally trigger a return-to-home function, sending the mysterious craft and all on board to distant worlds. It's a big-dumb-object adventure, one of my favorite sf tropes, and I hope Norton builds on it through the series
pickWow! What a book! It was one of the most unique fantasy books I‘ve ever read.
It took me about 2 months to read this book, mainly because it‘s a story worth savoring. I didn‘t want to rush through it and I am glad I didn‘t. I enjoyed every page of this book!
The world was so different from anything I've read before.
Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/review-house-of-the-beast/
so-soSuch a gorgeous edition—particularly the illustrations that are scattered throughout the book. Unfortunately, the story is not as compelling as the artwork. The biggest problem, for me, is that the relationship at the center of everything is not believable & because it isn‘t, the story loses emotional depth. A lot of action takes place off the page which also doesn‘t work. It‘s the author‘s debut & there‘s potential but this was just ok.
Long weekends are made for reading…
I think this may be one of my favorite covers of the year.
Fantastic maps, illustrations throughout. This is a gorgeous edition. Hopefully it‘s an entertaining read too.
pickThis book is a collection of short stories of different genres. The creatures on the cover feature in four of the stories, but not the book title, which was an odd decision. One horror story I would give it a trigger warning for allusions to SA. I was surprised to see a mention of the jet I worked on in another. (A-4) One might confuse people who aren't aware of the British 60's TV show The Avengers. I will be reading more of this author now.
I found myself in a vintage SF mood last night, so I plucked STAR BORN out of my Kobo library. (By the way, my Finish My Ereader project‘s at 98%! Victory is in sight!) It hasn‘t blown me away so far, but it reads up quick and I ain‘t in a place where I NEED to be blown away, so all is well. I shall read a bit more in this park so I‘ve got a picnic shelter to retreat to if those clouds turn into rain.
