Tuesday 1 August 2023

Alrightreads: History

Alan Moore, Voice of the Fire

1996 / Audiobook / 320 pages / UK

***

Borderline incomprehensible, barely worth the effort, but I had to get around to it eventually.


Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain

2020 / Audiobook / 432 pages / UK

****

Incrementally more relatable, apart from the wife sales. I'm looking forward to these catching up and overtaking the present so we can start getting slices of life from the future.


Bob Mortimer, And Away...

2021 / Audiobook / 323 pages / UK

****

Unfathomable anecdotes become borderline believable when given context.


Rhys Hughes, Lovecraft's Chin

2023 / Ebook / 64 pages / UK

**

Relentless chin-based debasement as commentary on bigotry, in the form of crap poetry.


Merlin Coverley, Hauntology: Ghosts of Futures Past

2020 / Audiobook / 320 pages / UK

****

Interesting exploration of vague spoop, though I was distracted by the audiobook narrator's insistence on doing stereotypical accents. I was waiting for an Indian academic to come up, but you'd be hard pressed to find a paler subject.