I've been reading some local reads lately.
Time Machines Repaired While You Wait by K. Adrian Bedford is proving to be a highly entertaining read. Gave me a start when I closed it to put a book mark in - arrgh, I've got coffee on my new book, but it was just printed on the cover. A real feel for Perth, and I can just imagine a Time Machine repair place running out back of Malaga - probably next to Computer Recycle IT. I like Spider too.
It's fun and interesting reading it straight after another excellent future Perth read - Nightsiders by Sue Isle. Welcome to post apocalyptic Perth - unkind people might say that we wouldn't notice the difference but they're idiots who don't enjoy disc golf, board games, sf, kayaking, sailing, wildlife, books and good food. Plus They Might Be Giants are playing here tomorrow. But Nightsiders has an apocalypse done and dusted and now people are just dealing with Life in Perth afterwards. And some of them are evolving to fit the need to stay out of a sun gone too bright...
I liked the Tasmanian culinary murder mystery read - A Trifle Dead by Livia Day. I really enjoyed that one. I want a second helping! Hey I like food and police procedurals!
And the future Sydney - What the Dead Said by D J Daniels. Very interesting concept and great chapter titles! Hilarious at times and,ahem, deathly serious in others.
We really are very fortunate with our writers here.
Also; compare future police procedural In Death series (great stuff, although I tend to leaf through the sex scenes impatiently the way I do the technoinfodump in Weber space operas to get back to the story).
What the Dead Said reminded me favourably of the Inspector Chen novels by Liz Williams - the more or less publicly acceptance of the protrusion of the afterlife into the living world and the difficulties and joys it can bring. But, for the sake of story, mostly difficulties.
Anyway Time Machines Repaired while you wait is certainly fun and I look forward to reading the rest of it.
Very much enjoyed Time Machines Repaired While U Wait. I loved its Australian-ness. I have its sequel near the top of my to read next pile. Another very good Western Australian alternative history fantasy is The Waterboys by Peter Docker. It has a Western Australian that was never colonised and a war over water between the indigenous and southern Australians.
ReplyDeleteOh, I must give it a try, thank you for the recommendation, Graham Clements .
ReplyDeletei will look out for them i need a good read, but i think we live in post paroxysm perth
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