Vladimir Bartol – Alamut

By Peter | Published June 3, 2011
“Nothing is true. Everything is permitted”. This is the central ideological tenet of Hasan, the Old Man of the Mountain who dictates the action and narrative of Alamut; the book that became the inspiration for the videogame Assassin’s Creed... more
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Nature and Nurture of a Serial Killer

By Peter | Published March 15, 2011
Characters are the basis of any piece of writing, whether it is fiction or non-fiction. If the characters are not believable, then the whole story falls down around them; as such writers generally draw on elements we find with real life... more
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Philip Reeve – Mortal Engines

By Peter | Published December 22, 2010
Confession time; I love Steampunk. I can’t go as far as to say I am a Steampunk; I don’t have the money or the piston operated top hat, but I wish I did, and that’s enough to identify me with those magnificent men and their logistically... more
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Charlotte Gilman – The Yellow Wallpaper

By Peter | Published February 24, 2010
As far as the Daughters of Decadence and the Fien de Siecle go, I’m really not sold on most of their writing. But encountering The Yellow Wallpaper is encountering much more than the other stories; stories about women being pains in the asses, or... more
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