Author Archives: Adam Randall

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 →

The second Dune novel sees Paul Atreides now ruling as an emperor. Sadly, like all the other sci-fi and fantasy boys, he’s just an all-powerful, amoral dictator. It’s hard to really feel anything for someone who pontificates about how great … Continue reading →

This collection of stories features the grand return of Sherlock Holmes after his seeming death in The Final Problem. I think he comes back strong, and the stories in this collection are very much on the level of his earlier … Continue reading →

In this book Reni Eddo-Lodge paints a very clear picture of racism in the UK, going into detail about the history from which it has grown. As someone who likes to stay well informed about this subject, so that I … Continue reading →