Welcome to my new series about Books We Love where fellow book bloggers and reviewers showcase books that they have particularly enjoyed. Terry from Terry Tyler Book Reviews recommends Planet of the Head-breakers by Zeb Haradon, which she loved. Book description: Centuries after the revolution, the remnants of humanity survive on agricultural communes where they… Continue reading đ #BooksWeLove Everyone Loves A Good Book! @TerryTyler4 Recommends #PostApocalypse Planet of the Head-breakers by @zebharadon #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: Carl Rackman
Former airline pilot now author of suspense thrillers and mystery novels.
Irex by Carl Rackman- Book Review!
Hi everyone, How are you? Todayâs post is my review of Irex by Carl Rackman. Thank you to the author and publisher for my copy of the book and of course Dave! Synopsis; In the harsh winter of December 1889, the sailing vessel Irex leaves Scotland bound for Rio de Janeiro. She carries three thousand… Continue reading Irex by Carl Rackman- Book Review!
ACTION: How Britainâs most brutal comic laid the real â70s bare â Bigmouth.
In the long, hot summer of 1976, Action Comicâs bloody stories warped young minds across Britain. Creator Pat Mills recalls the âSevenpenny Nightmare' ACTION: How Britainâs most brutal comic laid the real â70s bare â Bigmouth.
Stupid Things
Sometimes I get angry about stupid things. Not the usual stuff writers get angry about. You know, âyourâ instead of âyouâreâ, adverbs, Oxford commas, (<- thereâs one!) and all the other inconsequential nonsense that passes for provocative on Twitter these days. No, these are passing clouds on an otherwise glorious day. Iâm talking about STUPID… Continue reading Stupid Things
Voyager – an odyssey in the making!
Voyager, my second novel, was an anomaly, much like the central premise of its story. Iâd just written Irex, an intense, brooding and claustrophobic historical mystery; I expected to continue in a similar vein.
Instead, I had a very vivid dream in the summer of 2016 in which I saw the central motif of Voyagerâs story â a human hand against a bright light source. This would be the central, arresting image in a series taken by the Voyager spacecraft more than 12 billion miles from Earth.
I found this so compelling, I couldnât stop thinking about it and began to write a story around it.
Unusually for me, Voyager had a very troubled gestation. I usually have a very strong story idea that carries the writing without losing my thread. This time, I ran into some problems (which you might expect, considering I was writing an entireâŚ
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