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Titles are interesting things that can tell much, or perhaps very little of a story. In City of Illusions, Ursula K LeGuin tells the tale of an Earth under the dominion of an alien race known as The Shing.

She is a siren in a bottle. A liquid, syrup with layers of flavour, touches of fruit, the vessel of grape, and the chilled bottle conducts the heat from my hand. I am surrounded by open-ness, yet this

Few books make me sigh and despair at the tightening grip of age and the decay of hope as this one did. Ursula K LeGuin's tale, Planet of Exile, tells the story of two races under the threat of a multitude

Since my father's funeral, I've owned an Ursula K LeGuin collection. Until recently, I learned it was not the collection I've wanted to read. That book was The Earthsea Quartet, and the one I just concluded

When I purchased Breachway, it looked like everything that I wanted from a Slay The Spire - like game. Replayability, a new setting, science-fiction, space battles, and perhaps a little bit more depth,

Emma Stone has had a recent knack for really strange, interesting roles in the movies I've watched lately. Thoroughly enjoying Poor Things, (I've not yet read the book) - I decided that I would be very,

Small Things Like These is a diminutive book, written by Claire Keegan, who, the back cover of the book tells me, won many prizes, such as the Rooney Prize for Irish literature - awarded for the book

The Day of The Triffids is a perfectly executed book. This is evident not only from the fact that it is published as a Penguin Classic, in a familiar, pocket sized paperback, but also, right from the first

A bold title to be sure - but why? In summary, this year, began by a return to work, whereupon, on my first day back i the office, a massive restructure of the company I once worked for was announced.

The Transmigration of Timothy Archer represents the fifth Philip K Dick book I’ve read in a row. I have to say, that this one was the most work. It was the last he’d write before his death, and arriving

Tomorrow marks the start of the fourth week of my new job. I am yet to be escorted out of the building without an entry pass, but I am very pleased to say that this is the first job that I've ever had

Monochromatic monitors painted the walls. Illuminated in a bizzare grey light, his elderly pores held the red tinge of inflammation from a dull razor. Strapped into the chair in the centre of the room,

The air in the office was dry. The air conditioner ensured that humidity stayed at a constant rate. The sun beamed in from the western window, afternoon sun trying to burn down glass and steel. It never

Tomorrow. (Or today, depending on when you read this - or maybe yesterday?) What even is time?!

Is Friday, October 3 as I type this. The sun is setting, and my wife has asked me to get a suitcase down. Tomorrow, will begin the worst weekend I'll have to experience in a while. I spent the day cleaning

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October was the first time I think I penned my thoughts about Slay the Spire. That game is so incredibly addictive, creative, and engaging. It has an addictive gameplay formula, and a model of making you

This isn’t a game about lightning striking the return key on a keyboard. It could be, if you used your imagination and all of the fancy time-shifting, dimension crossing mind-bending plot that is the Final