J. L. Probert

One of the Best I've Read This Year, 8 Sep 2011

...and that's the truth. Rhys Hughes, imaginative Welshman and prolific wordsmith has come up with a fine short comic novel here that's like a breath of fresh air that's been too long coming. Follow our golem hero and his associates on his unlikely adventures that involve words as much, if not more, than action! Enjoy an ending that is as out of left field as one might expect from this author and which actually involves reader participation! You'll believe you've made a difference to the book! I read this through in one sitting and I imagine I shall do so again whenever I need cheering up. Bags of fun and highly recommended for anyone with a sense of humour who isn't afraid to try something… Read more

Excellent, 1 Feb 2007

The best score to a film I have heard in a long time. This is music you can lose yourself in and it works beautifully even when divorced from the sometimes terrific imagery of the movie. My only query is why the US version of the CD has two more tracks and therefore 8 and a half minutes of extra music compared with the UK release. If you've got the choice go for the stateside release

Of Its Time, & Still a Classic, 29 Feb 2004

Fully deserving of its place in the masterworks series and in numerous "100 best" lists of SF, this collection of three volumes published in the mid-seventies shows Michael Moorcock in a lighter, if no less creative, mood, than in the Elric & Corum books for which he became justifiably famous.
At the end of time there is no such thing as death (or if there is, it's speedily followed by resurrection), and onyx cathedrals and ebony citadels can be created at the stroke of a power ring. Moorcock's version of his eternal champion figure in this instance is Jherek Carnelian, whose pursuit of Amelia Underwood, plucked from her life in Victorian Bromley, forms the framework around which the… Read more