I watched this slow-burning, surreal sci-fi movie a few days ago, and it's still rattling around in my head. Especially the soundtrack. Scarlet Johansson plays some kind of alien in human form who seduces men, leading them to their death. This sounds horribly cliche'd and uninteresting, and the plot as it is could have gone …
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Claire North
I just finished reading this, and though it was very clever, and a fresh idea and extremely well written with beautiful prose, identifiable characters and vivid emotions and exciting action, it was also incredibly irritating. It is another iteration of the timeless story of the villain trying to accomplish something, and the hero trying to …
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The Martian: A Novel, by Andy Weir
An action packed thriller about one man trapped on Mars. I couldn't put this one down. Mark Watney is part of an expedition to Mars that goes terribly wrong, forcing his crew-mates to leave him behind for dead. What follows is his desperate struggle to stay alive as long as possible until help can arrive. …
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
This was a strange book, very atmospheric and more than a little creepy. Our unnamed protagonist, 'the biologist' (none of the characters are named in the entire book) is part of an expedition to 'area x' where reportedly very unusual things happen. The other expeditions that have gone before hers have rarely returned, and when …
A little bragging
My story Three Seconds is on the Tangent Online recommended reading list for 2013! Check it out, lots of other good reading on there as well.
Jonas David 