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Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut – Book Review

April 11, 2024yggdrasille

Sometimes it’s worth reading a book twice. My first go at this darkly satirical novel with shades of science fiction was a mighty struggle, but then I really enjoyed it on a re-visit.

The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey – Book Review

March 19, 2024yggdrasille

Few books grabbed me as instantly as this post-apocalyptic thriller. It doesn’t quite live up to the promise of its striking opening and strays into over-familiar genre territory, but it remains a riveting read and, like all good science fiction, raises some intriguing moral conundrums.

Dune: Part Two – Film Review

March 14, 2024June 7, 2024yggdrasille

Denis Villeneuve’s much anticipated follow-up to the 2021 Dune is an immense, intense and immersive sensory feast that begs to be seen on the largest screen possible.

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes – Book Review

December 19, 2023June 7, 2024yggdrasille

I almost never cry over books these days, but I can admit that Daniel Keyes’ thought-provoking, heart-wrenching novel is one of the few recent reads that made me tear up.

Top Ten Tuesday – Books Set on Mars

November 28, 2023June 7, 2024yggdrasille

The Red Planet was one of the first things that popped into my head in response to this week’s topic from That Artsy Reader Girl, Books Set In X. It surely must be the most-visited planet in the Solar System in fiction.

Little Shop of Horrors – Film Review

March 28, 2023June 7, 2024yggdrasille

This movie was a blind streaming pick on a Sunday night; I had no idea what to expect, but a horror sci-fi comedy musical about a sentient bloodthirsty plant from outer space probably wouldn’t have been my first guess. It turned out to be a wacky, campy, satirical and at times even touching delight.

Avatar: The Way of Water – Film Review

March 2, 2023June 7, 2024yggdrasille

It took a while but I eventually got around to watching that obscure little indie movie about blue cat people.

The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe – Book Review

February 2, 2023June 7, 2024yggdrasille

It took me a couple of reads to wrap my head around this haunting, disorienting and imaginative trio of sci-fi novellas that take the reader into a labyrinth full of mirrors and puzzles.

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin – Book Review

January 5, 2023June 7, 2024yggdrasille

I’ve now read three sci-fi novels by Le Guin, and this thoughtful, intelligent exploration of anarchism vs capitalism, and the impossible dream of a truly free society, might be my favourite so far.

Everything Everywhere All at Once – Film Review

January 3, 2023June 7, 2024yggdrasille

The last film I watched in 2022, this inventive and eccentric mind trip is, at heart, a bittersweet and moving family drama thrown in a blender with hectic action sequences and absurdist multiverse wackiness.