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Resistance, written by Owen Sheers and published in 2007, is a literary alternative history novel set in 1944 in a Wales occupied by Nazi German troops. There was…
The Odessa File, Frederick Forsyth’s second novel after his bestselling debut, The Day of the Jackal, was published in 1972. It was also a bestseller and was filmed…
A review of the only coffee maker in a James Bond novel, the Chemex. It’s a design classic, but is it any good at making coffee?
Fade-Out, written by Patrick Tilley and published in 1975, is a cult classic, first-contact-with-aliens novel. It’s been a steady seller for fifty years and never out of print,…
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, written by John le Carré and published in 1974, is le Carré’s masterpiece, even better than The Spy Who Came In From The Cold….
An analysis of ‘The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met’ and why Disney cartoons used to be so incredibly dark and traumatic.
633 Squadron, written by Frederick E. Smith and published in 1956, was the source novel for the classic 1963 war movie of the same name. Although it’s not…
Red Sparrow released in September 2017, starring Jennifer Lawrence, and directed by Francis Lawrence, is a noirish espionage-thriller about a Russian ballerina forced to become a seductress for…
Swastika Night was written by Katharine Burdekin and published in 1937 under the pseudonym “Murray Constantine”. It is remembered primarily as the first novel to portray a world…
The Probability Broach, an alternative history novel about a libertarian utopia, was written by L. Neil Smith and published in 1979. I think The Probability Broach is the…