It's like reading a Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently novel, but with a 007 theme, and a main character that can easily be imagined as Hugh Laurie himself.
The book is very witty and fast-paced, I couldn't put it down.
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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Black women writers series)
The first science fiction written by a black woman, Kindred has become a cornerstone of black American literature. This combination …
alon rated The Naked Sun: 3 stars
The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov (Robots #2)
On the remote planet Solaria the first murder for two hundred years has been committed. The Solarians are Spacers with …
alon rated The Book Thief: 4 stars
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Markus Zusak
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier …
alon rated Revelation: 4 stars
Revelation by Berg, Carol.
Seyonne, the slave-turned-hero from "Transformation", resumes the mantle of Warden, which allows him to free human souls from demonic possession. …
alon rated Transformation: 5 stars
Transformation by Berg, Carol.
Seyonne was not always a slave. Once his people were the guardians of magic such as the land had never …
alon reviewed The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie
Offered a large sum of money to perform an assassination, Thomas Lang chooses instead to …
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4 stars
alon rated Wool Omnibus: 4 stars
Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
This Omnibus Edition collects the five Wool books into a single volume. It is for those who arrived late to …
Fray by Joss Whedon, Joss Whedon
Hundreds of years in the future, Manhattan has become a deadly slum, run by mutant crime-lords and disinterested cops. Stuck …
alon rated Stranger in a Strange Land: 5 stars
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Valentine Michael Smith is a human being raised on Mars, newly returned to Earth. Among his people for the first …
alon rated Don't Panic: 5 stars
Don't Panic by Neil Gaiman, David K. Dickson, M. J. Simpson, and 1 other
'It's all absolutely devastatingly true -- except the bits that are lies' Douglas Adams
Don't Panic celebrates the life of …
alon rated Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: 4 stars
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (Dirk Gently, #1)
There is a long tradition of Great Detectives and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for …
alon rated Ender's Game: 5 stars
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game, #1)
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more …
alon rated Preludes and Nocturnes: 5 stars
Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, and 3 others (The Sandman, #1)
Preludes and Nocturnes collects the first eight issues of The Sandman comic by Neil Gaiman published by DC Vertigo.
The …
alon rated Good Omens: 5 stars
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
The classic collaboration from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, soon to be an original series starring …