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Maxwell Volume

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Joined 4 years, 1 month ago

Musician, occasional writer, civil and digital liberties activist, trans-dimensional etymologist, surrealist sportsman, dangling participle.

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Maxwell Volume's books

Robert Holdstock: Gate of Ivory (Hardcover, 1998, Harper Collins)

I've decided to start a re-read of Holdstock's Mythago cycle in the story order as opposed to the published order... It's an interesting experience thus far as I've not re-read them since they were published (with the exception of Mythago Wood & Lavondyss) - and I've not read the final novel Avilion at all - I was too upset at Robert dying so unexpectedly and young.

reviewed Looking Good Dead by Peter james

Peter james: Looking Good Dead (Paperback, Macmillan)

Does What it Says on the Tin

Reading this was for me much like watching an episode of 70s UK TV like The Sweeny or The Professionals - slightly iffy but enjoyable enough mid- to low-brow entertainment to pass an evening, but nothing more than that. The quality of the prose was quite poor in many places, so I dropped a star from what would otherwise have been a down the middle three star average read.