Author Archives: Adam Randall

The fifth Discworld novel brings things back to Rincewind (the star of the first two books) after changing focus in Equal Rites and Mort. Nonetheless, while there are very vague allusions to his previous adventures, it’s essentially a standalone novel … Continue reading →

This book contains a selection of anonymous nude paintings of several women, non-binary people, and trans men. Alongside every painting, each model has written a short piece of writing about their relationship with their body – and you know what? … Continue reading →

This the novel that helped get cosy fantasy on the map as a genre, and I love it. I have always been a big fan of fantasy fiction, but I have never read anything quite like this. I looked forward … Continue reading →

This is the eighth Wheel of Time novel, and by this point it really feels like the series is just resting on its laurels, because barely anything happens. It’s just Rand musing about the responsibility he carries on his shoulders … Continue reading →

Everyone knows the story of Jekyll and Hyde – it’s easily one of the most well-known stories ever written, to the extent that it transcends the medium of literature and is literally something that gets used in day-to-day speech. How … Continue reading →

While most people will know the Super Mario series for its video games, there has actually been a long-running manga running alongside it for over 30 years. The manga follows the same storylines as the games, but with a strongly … Continue reading →

The United Kingdom seems to become a more and more transphobic place all of the time – fortunately, we have people like Shon Faye speaking with a voice of reason and compassion. Trans people are just ordinary people trying to … Continue reading →

Emma is a novel that I’d heard about many times before I read it – always in the context of it having an unlikeable protagonists. The funny thing is, I didn’t find Emma unlikeable at all. Sure, she’s a flawed … Continue reading →

I haven’t read an enormous number of academic papers before, but this was easily the most entertaining read of them all. Of course, I don’t want to suggest that it favoured entertainment over information, because it’s a well researched and … Continue reading →