The Exchange Student - Kate Gilmore

Kate Gilmore is the author of several novels for young readers, among them Remembrance of the Sun and Enter Three Witches. Her research for The Exchange Student did not involve interplanetary travel, but she did visit primate houses and zoos in many cities and talked with scientists about binturongs and fennec foxes.
The book in one [...]

The Sound Machine - Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916 of Norwegian parents. He served as a fighter in World War II and his first volume of short stories, Over to You, was based on his wartime experiences. Other collections are Kiss Kiss, Someone Like You, Switch Bitch and Further Tales of the Unexpected. They have been [...]

100 Best Science Fiction Books

I love lists. Don’t you?
Even though this is a list of a genre that I absolutely don’t read. I don’t dislike it, but I don’t really like it either.
I had bet that I have not read one book on the list, but hey, I actually read two! I have read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy [...]