Everything

#.......	Author	Title	Year Pub- lished	Genre	Date Read	Grade	Rate /5	Own	Rev	Summary
	Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings: Part 1	1954	Fantasy	1981? 2^nd 1990s	A++	5	Own	No	This one hardly needs an introduction…
	Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Two Towers The Lord of the Rings: Part 2	1954	Fantasy	1981? 2^nd 1990s	A++	5	Own	No	This one hardly needs an introduction…
	Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings: Part 3	1955	Fantasy	1981? 2^nd 1990s	A++	5	Own	No	This one hardly needs an introduction…
	Dumas, Alexandre	The Count of Monte Cristo	1844	Action / Historical Fiction	2003/12	A+	4.5	ebook	Rev	Huge (common) and coherent (rare) epic; Tolkienesque scope, Shakespearian vibe
5.	Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings prequel	1937	Fantasy / Juvenile	1979? 2^nd 1990s	A+	4.5	Own	No	Enchanting story, rich world
6.	Lewis, C.S.	The Great Divorce	1946	Fantasy (Christian)	1980s	A+	4.5	Own	No	Brief, potent, inspiring theological speculative allegory
	Card, Orson Scott	Ender’s Game (Book 1 of the Ender saga)	1985	SF	1999	A+	4.5	Own	No	Classic, clever taut plot, powerful convincing brutal narrative
	Banks, Iain M.	Use of Weapons (Culture series)	1990	SF	1999	A+	4.5	Own	No	Brilliant style, mood, climax: stinging best of an excellent series
	Martin, George R.R.	A Game of Thrones (Book 1 of A Song of Ice and Fire)	1997	Fantasy	2001	A+	4.5	Own	No	Majestic, unpredictable, engaging, striking
	Hornby, Nick	About a Boy	1998	Novel	2002/01	A+	4.5	Own	Rev	Well written, often funny, nice balance of hope and realism, read in one session
11.	Mosley, Walter	Fear of the Dark (Fearless Jones 3)		Crime	2016/11	A	4	No	Rev	Ahhh, someone who can write. Assured, individual, but celebrating genre conventions
	Eliot, George	Middlemarch	1874	Novel	2012/04	A	4	Own	Rev	Clever, insightful, original, potent, engaging - what else do you want?
13.	Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	1892	Crime / Short Stories	1980s	A	4	Own	Rev	Thoroughly enjoyable
	Wodehouse, P.G.	A Damsel in Distress	1919	Humour	2002/12	A	4	Own	Rev	Delightful. Hilarious scenes and dialogue. Unparalleled narration.
	Hesse, Herman	Siddhartha	1922	Novel	1998	A	4	Own	No	Beautifully readable fictional presentation of the life and enlightenment of Siddhartha
	Remarque, Erich Maria	All Quiet On The Western Front	1929	War (Auto-biography)	2003/02	A	4	Own	Rev	Powerful. Awful. Profound.
17.	Lewis, C.S.	Voyage to Venus (or Perelandra)	1943	SF	1980s	A	4	Own	No	Christian insights in imagined dialogue with contemporary unfallen Eve
	Levi, Primo	If This Is A Man	1947	NF (Autobiography)	2010/12	A	4	No	Rev	Chilling, potent, witness testimony of 11 months in Auschwitz
19.	Lewis, C.S.	The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (Book 2 of the Narnia series)	1950	Fantasy / Juvenile	1970s 2^nd– 2005/05	A	4	Own	Rev	Fabulous Christian allegory
	Clarke, Arthur C.	Childhood's End	1953	SF	2015/03	A	4	Own	Rev	Wow
	Chandler, Raymond	The Long Good-Bye	1953	Crime	1994	A	4	Own	No	Who cares about the plot? Just sit back and enjoy the ride knowing you’re in the hands of a master
22.	White, T. H.	The Once and Future King	1958	Fantasy	2016/04	A	4	No	Rev	Best to relish 'The Sword in the Stone', and then close the book and move on
	Milligan, Spike	Puckoon	1963	Humour	1990s?	A	4	Own	No	Hilarious
24.	Ursula K. Le Guin	A Wizard of Earthsea Book 1 of the Earthsea series	1968	Fantasy / Juvenile	1970s 2^nd: 2008/01	A	4	Own	Rev	Real sense of magic, depth, legend
25.	Stewart, Mary	The Hollow Hills Book 2 in the Merlin saga	1973	Fantasy	1980? 2^nd: 2015/06	A	4	Own	Rev	Savouring patient expectation within a thoroughly engaging and consistent structure
	Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Silmarillion	1977	Fantasy	1999?	A	4	Own	No	Potent, magical, epic
	O’Brian, Patrick	The Fortune of War (Aubrey/Maturin 6)	1979	Historical Fiction / Action	2010/07	A	4	Yes	Rev	Thoroughly enjoyable
	Calvino, Italo	If On A Winters Night A Traveller	1979	Novel / Humour	2011/02	A	4	No	Rev	Postmodern, self-aware, deconstructive – but also fun and engaging
	Adams, Douglas	The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (A Trilogy in Four Parts)	1979 1980 1982 1984	SF / Humour	1980s?	A	4	Yes	No	A must read/listen to
	Adams, Douglas	Life, The Universe and Everything (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy 3)	1982	Humour/ SF	1980s/?	A	4	Own	No	Clever, funny, original, post-modern themes
	Voigt, Cynthia	A Solitary Blue Tillerman Series 3	1983	Novel (Juvenile)	2013/05	A	4	Own	Rev	Poignant and powerful without shouting. Moreso because it *doesn’t* shout
	Feynman, Richard	Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman	1985	NF – Biography	2014/09	A	4	No	Rev	A total pleasure. Deservedly an instant classic
	Adams, Douglas	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	1987	Humour/ SF	1980s/? 2^nd: 2004/07	A	4	Own	Rev	P.G. Wodehouse meets Dr. Who: a complete pleasure
	Lively, Penelope	Moon Tiger	1987	Novel	2001	A	4	Own	No	Great mood, characters, and potent historical settings
	Goldsworthy, Peter	Maestro	1989	Novel	1990	A	4	Own	Rev	Elegant, succinct, authentic
	Anderson, Poul & Karen	Faith (In ‘After the King: Stories in Honour of J.R.R. Tolkien’)	1992	Fantasy (Short Story)	2002/07	A	4	Own	Rev	Excellent mood, a worthy tribute
	Lehane, Dennis	A Drink Before the War Kenzie/Gennaro 1	1994	Crime	2010/12	A	4	Own	Rev	Thoroughly enjoyable
	Hornby, Nick	High Fidelity	1995	Novel (Humour)	2002/05	A	4	No	Rev	Very readable, penetrating on commitment, honest, well plotted
	Elton, Ben	Popcorn	1997	Thriller / Humour (Black Comedy)	2001/12	A	4	Own	Rev	Clever, funny, incisive: works as a thriller and as satire
	Gemmell, David	Midnight Falcon The Rigante series, Book 2	1999	Fantasy	2008/02	A	4	Own	Rev	Thoroughly enjoyable, legendary characters with flesh, intelligent ideas, engaging morality, coherent plot
	Pérez-Reverte, Arturo	The Fencing Master	1999 (trans.)	Crime / Historical Fiction	1999	A	4	No	No	Sophisticated. Stunning climax
	Ishiguro, Kazuo	When We Were Orphans	2000	Novel (Detective)	2001/11	A	4	No	Rev	Black, very clever subversion of mannered detective novel to deliver stinging theme
	Martin, George R.R.	Steel & Snow A Storm of Swords 1 (Book 3, Part 1 of A Song of Ice and Fire)	2000	Fantasy	2002/03	A	4	Own	Rev	Structure still concerning, but some great moments and salient themes
	Hornby, Nick	How To Be Good	2001	Novel (Humour)	2002/07	A	4	No	Rev	Good characters, poignant without being preachy
	Haddon, Mark	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	2003	Crime / Novel	2005/03	A	4	No	Rev	Triumphant autistic fantasy. Authentic characters, engaging narrative and excellent structure
	Wolfe, Gene	The Knight Book 1 of The Wizard Knight	2004	Fantasy	2007/06	A	4	Own	Rev	A satisfying hero drawn from rich earlier traditions
	Micallef, Shaun	Smithereens	2004	Humour	2011/04	A	4	No	Rev	Consistent. Hilarious. Surreal. Uniquely Micallef. Only to be taken in small doses.
48.	Clarke, Susanna	Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell	2004	Fantasy	2017/09	A	4	No	Rev	A triumph – plotting, pacing, characters, tone, faery, historical fiction, interplay, humour, tragedy – really enjoyable book.
	Larsson, Steig	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Millenium Trilogy 1	2006	Crime	2013/04	A	4	No	Rev	Satisfying, cold, intellectual, brutal, spare, engaging, original
	Mitchell, David	The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet	2010	Historical Fiction	2014/09	A	4	No	Rev	Ably integrated research, rich characters, interesting plot lines, satisfying and engaging from start to finish
	London, Jack	The Call of the Wild And Other Stories	1903	Action	2010/06	A-	3.75	Own	Rev	Robust, Conan-style, over the top mythical dog stories
	Wodehouse, P.G.	Something Fresh	1915	Humour	2012/11	A-	3.75	Own	Rev	Postmodern Wodehouse
	O’Brian, Patrick	Treason's Harbour	1983	Historical Fiction	2012/07	A-	3.75	Own	Rev	Exotic locations and people, interesting twists of plot, fascinating historical perspectives, and all within an utterly satisfying frame
	Lodge, David	Home Truths	1999	Novel	2011/12	A-	3.75	Own	Rev	Assured, fluid, clever, insightful, entertaining – Lodge enjoying his strengths
	Banks, Iain M.	The Algebraist	2004	SF	2011/06	A-	3.75	No	Rev	Banks is very good
	Macdonald, George	The Princess and Curdie	1882	Juvenile/ Fantasy	1999	A-	3.7	Own	No	Enchanting
	Kipling, Rudyard	The Jungle Book	1894	Juvenile / Short Stories	1988	A-	3.7	Own	No	Entertaining, skilful, moving. Profound underlying myth
	Kipling, Rudyard	The Second Jungle Book	1895	Juvenile / Short Stories	1988	A-	3.7	Own	No	Sequel atypically as good as original – Undertakers brilliant
	Steinbeck, John	Of Mice and Men	1937	Novella	1991?	A-	3.7	Own	No	Stinging, poignant, bleak, insightful
	Chandler, Raymond	The Big Sleep	1939	Crime	1990?	A-	3.7	Own	No	Great ‘hardboiled’ mood, powerful and witty figures of speech
	Chandler, Raymond	Farewell My Lovely	1940	Crime	1994	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Original, dry humour with heart in the mean streets
	Chandler, Raymond	The Lady In The Lake	1943	Crime	1997?	A-	3.7	Own	No	Great ‘hardboiled’ mood, powerful and witty figures of speech
	Smith, E. E.	Gray Lensman	1951	SF	2013/12	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Politically/socially juvenile, but fantastic scope and originality
64.	Lewis, C.S.	The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Book 5 of the Narnia series)	1952	Fantasy / Juvenile	1970s	A-	3.7	Own	No	Narnia’s Odyssey
65.	Lewis, C.S.	The Silver Chair (Book 6 of the Narnia series)	1953	Fantasy / Juvenile	1970s	A-	3.7	Own	No	Slightly darker tale of rescue
	Heller, Joseph	Catch 22	1955	Novel / War	1985	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Killer satire, hilarious but black humour, drunkenly uninhibited
67.	Lewis, C.S.	The Magician’s Nephew (Book 1 of the Narnia series)	1955	Fantasy / Juvenile	1970s	A-	3.7	Own	No	Lion, witch and wardrobe prequel
	Durrell, Gerald	My Family and Other Animals	1956	Humour/ Non-Fiction/ Auto-biography	2001/12	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Amusing recollections of an animal mad kid about his eccentric family
69.	Lewis, C.S.	The Last Battle (Book 7 of the Narnia series)	1956	Fantasy / Juvenile	1970s	A-	3.7	Own	No	Antichrist, eschatology and Armageddon for kids! Courageous undertaking
	Lee, Harper	To Kill a Mockingbird	1960	Novel	1982	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Entertaining, insightful, clever, inspiring, original
	Anderson, Poul	My Object All Sublime	1961	SF / Short Story	2003/12	A-	3.7	Own	No	Killer twist
	Le Guin, Ursula K.	Semley's Necklace In ‘The Wind’s Twelve Quarters’	1964	Short Stories / Fantasy / SF	2014/08	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Wonderful evocation of a fantasy legend somehow effectively incorporating SF elements
	Asimov, Isaac	Second Foundation (Book 3 of the Foundation trilogy)	1964	SF	1980s	A-	3.7	Own	No	Dramatically the best of the series
	Le Guin, Ursula K.	The Left Hand of Darkness	1969	SF	2007/03	A-	3.7	No	Rev	Manages a rare gravity and dignity
75.	Stewart, Mary	The Crystal Cave Book 1 in the Merlin saga	1970	Fantasy	1980? 2^nd: 2004/08	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Young Merlin enchantingly evoked
	O’Brian, Patrick	Master and Commander Aubrey/Maturin, Book 1	1970	Historical Fiction/ Action (High Seas Adventure)	2001 2^nd: 2006/04	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Impressive sense of another (amazing) time, people and place
	O’Brian, Patrick	Post Captain Aubrey/Maturin, Book 2	1972	Historical Fiction/ Action (High Seas Adventure)	2002/12	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Engaging and fascinating characters, settings and action
	Irving, John	The World According to Garp	1978	Novel	1992	A-	3.7	Own	No	Funny, striking, constantly moving
	Lodge, David	How Far Can You Go?	1980	Novel	2002/01	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Perceptive case studies of how Vatican II, the pill, and changing social values affected adherents
	Forsyth, Frederick	No Comebacks	1982	Short Stories	1985 2^nd 2007/10	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Meticulous, able, satisfying
	Harrison, Harry	A Stainless Steel Rat is Born	1985	SF/ Humour	1980s	A-	3.7	Own	No	Excellent prequel to the consistent humorous series
	Kerr, Katharine	Daggerspell (Volume 1 of the Deverry series)	1986	Fantasy	1992/12 2^nd: 2004/10	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Original, capable karmic fantasy
	Tyler, Anne	Breathing Lessons	1988	Novel	2002/06	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Insightful, humorous, sad, believable
	Barry, Dave	Dave Barry's Greatest Hits	1988	Humour	2005/07	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Consistently funny collection of newspaper columns
	Keillor, Garrison	We Are Still Married	1989 (1982 – 1989)	Humour (Essays) Anthology	2002/04	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Inconsistent but often manages warmth & whimsicality without sentimentality
	Lively, Penelope	Passing On	1989	Novel	2002/08	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Some good characters, patient story with a kick, a bit preachy
	Robinson, Kim Stanley	Red Mars	1992	SF	2002/03	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Impressive epic of colonisation of Mars – depth in characters, setting and plot
	Dozois, Gardner (Ed.)	The Year's Best Science Fiction, 9th Annual Collection	1992	SF / Short Stories	2006/02	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Best of 1991. Consistently good
	Gemmell, David	The Legend Of Deathwalker (Drenai Tales, Book 7)	1996	Fantasy (Heroic)	2003/03	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Solid, perfectly balanced heroic fantasy
	Keillor, Garrison	Wobegon Boy	1997	Novel	2001/03	A-	3.7	Own	No	Slow moving but warmly funny, and even some kick
	Gaiman, Neil	Stardust	1999	Fantasy	2006/08	A-	3.7	No	Rev	Very satisfying mix of fairy tale and fantasy
	Rodda, Emily	The Forests of Silence	2000	Fantasy / Juvenile	2005/05	A-	3.7	No	Rev	Enjoyable straight-ahead swords and sorcery for kids
	Elton, Ben	The First Casualty	2005	Historical Fiction / Crime	2007/01	A-	3.7	Own	Rev	Alternate political characters enhance rather than overwhelm WW1 crime story
	Fleming, Ian	Casino Royale (Audio Book)	1953	Action (Spy)	2013/10	B+	3.5	No	Rev	Well narrated, different composition to movies – more romance, less action, darker
	Kress, Nancy	Crossfire		SF	2014/05	B+	3.5	No	Rev	Old school SF without the wafer thin characters
	Clarke, Arthur C.	Imperial Earth			2008?	B+	3.5	No	No
	Wodehouse, P.G.	Love Among Chickens			2008?	B+	3.5		No
	O’Brian, Patrick	The Mauritius Command			2008/01	B+	3.5	Own	No
	Adams, Douglas	The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul			2008/04	B+	3.5		No
	Beagle, Peter S.	The Folk of the Air			2008/08	B+	3.5	No	No
	Howard	Coming of Conan			2008/08	B+	3.5	Own	No
	Dick, Phillip K.	The Man in the High Castle			2008/09	B+	3.5	Own	No
	Banks, Iain M.	Look Towards Windward			2009/04	B+	3.5		No
	Stevenson, William G.	Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army			2009/05	B+	3.5		No
	Barry, Dave	Bad Habits			2009/08	B+	3.5	No	No
	Wodehouse, P.G.	Mike			2009/08	B+	3.5		No
	Banks, Iain	Whit			2009/10	B+	3.5	No	No
	0’Brian, Patrick	Desolation Island			2009/12	B+	3.5	Own	No
	Gilbert, Michael	The Oyster Catchers			2011/10	B+	3.5	Own	No
	Lewis, C.S.	Prince Caspian			2013/05	B+	3.5		No
	Wodehouse, P.G.	Money for Nothing		Humour	2014/03	B+	3.5	Own	No	Another welcome episode in the wonderful canon
	Diaz, Bernal	The Conquest of New Spain	1570 (circa) (1963, this translation)	Non-fiction/ History (Auto-biography)	2002/04	B+	3.5	No	Rev	Incredible eye-witness account of Cortes’ conquest
	Dumas, Alexandre	The Three Musketeers	1844	Action / Historical Fiction	1980s 2^nd: 2009/02	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	Action, flawed but heroic personalities, fascinating alternate historical values
	Macdonald, George	The Princess and the Goblin	1872	Fantasy / Juvenile	2005/07	B+	3.5	No	Rev	Inspiring or elitist? Higher rating for originality rather than ride
	Stevenson, Robert Louis	Treasure Island	1881	Action	1999?	B+	3.5	Own	No	Hang on! Action aplenty, high body count
	Twain, Mark	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	1885	Novel	2011/01	B+	3.5	No	Rev	First half powerful, funny, striking, but then slides into farce
	Hammett, Dashiell	Nightmare Town	1923-34	Crime/Short Stories	2005/12	B+	3.5	No	Rev	Capable, original Chandler precursor
	Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes	1893	Crime / Short Stories	1980s	B+	3.5	Own	No	Clever ideas, engaging lead characters
	Wells, H.G.	The First Men in the Moon	1901	SF	2003/07	B+	3.5	ebook	Rev	Ripping yarn, good characters, robust alien culture, integrated thought-provoking morality
	Kipling, Rudyard	Short Stories: Volume 1	1901 -1912	Short Stories	1988/03	B+	3.5	Own	No	Pretty consistent
	Wodehouse, P.G.	The Pothunters	1902	Humour	2006/05	B+	3.5	ebook	Rev	Not just because it’s the first, but because it’s good!
	Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Return of Sherlock Holmes	1905	Crime / Short Stories	1980s	B+	3.5	Own	No	Clever ideas, engaging lead characters
	Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Lost World	1912	SF / Thriller (Novella)	1996	B+	3.5	Own	No	The unforgettable Professor Challenger finds living dinosaurs!
	Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Poison Belt	1913	SF / Short Story	1996	B+	3.5	Own	No	Classic SF model – a short story based around a daunting ‘what if’
	Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes	1927	Crime / Short Stories	1980s	B+	3.5	Own	No	Clever ideas, engaging lead characters
	Hammett, Dashiell	The Glass Key	1931	Crime	2014/05	B+	3.5	No	Rev	Fascinating alternative world and spin on heroism
	Huxley, Aldous	Brave New World	1932	SF	1983	B+	3.5	Own	No	Disturbingly relevant extrapolation to a dystopic ultimately permissive society
	Orwell, George	The Road to Wigan Pier	1937	Non-Fiction Sociology (Auto-biography/ Political Essay)	2003/03	B+	3.5	Own (eBook)	Rev	Orwell’s personal testimony about miners, India, and marketing socialism
	Lewis, C.S.	Out Of the Silent Planet	1938	SF	1980s 2^nd - 2002/11	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	Characters personify philosophical viewpoints in a classically Wellsian setting
	Forester, C.S.	Poo Poo and the Dragons	1942	Juvenile	2007/03	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	Enjoyed by parent and child simultaneously
	Orwell, George	Animal Farm	1945	Fantasy (Political Allegory)	2005/01	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	Bleak fable of Stalin, Lenin and Trotsky
	Lewis, C.S.	That Hideous Strength	1945	SF	1980s	B+	3.5	Own	No	Lewis incorporates his love of Christianity, renaissance angelic conceits and Merlin in SF conspiracy novel
	Stout, Rex	In the Best Families (A Nero Wolfe Mystery)	1950	Crime	2007/10	B+	3.5	No	Rev	Wonderful departure from conventions of series (but read a few other Wolfe’s first)
	Sturgeon, Theodore	The Dreaming Jewels	1950	SF	2009/02	B+	3.5	No	Rev	Mixed treasure: sometimes soars, but climax descends into cliché
	Asimov, Isaac	Foundation (Book 1 of the Foundation trilogy)	1951	SF	1980s 2^nd: 2006/09	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	A decent idea engagingly realised
136.	Lewis, C.S.	Prince Caspian (Book 4 of the Narnia series)	1951	Fantasy / Juvenile	1970s 2^nd – 2013/05	B+	3.5	Own	No	‘The Return to Narnia’
	Wyndham, John	The Day of the Triffids	1951	SF	1990s	B+	3.5	Own	No	Nothing like the monster/horror ride I was expecting: intelligent, thought-provoking post-apocalyptic issues
	Wyndham, John	Consider Her Ways and Other Stories	1956	SF (Weird) (Short Stories)	2002/07	B+	3.5	No	Rev	Able ‘weird’ tales around slips in time or parallel universe
	Culotta, Nino	They’re a Weird Mob	1957	Humour	1980s	B+	3.5	No	No	Ingenuous Italian Australian plays with stereotype aussie slang/behaviour
	Bradbury, Ray	The Day it Rained Forever	1959	SF/ Short Stories	1998	B+	3.5	Own	No	Richer moods than the usual single idea SF short stories
	Harrison, Harry	The Stainless Steel Rat	1961	SF/ Humour	1980s 2^nd: 2007/06	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	Classic likeable master-thief in comic but workable SF environment
	Lodge, David	Ginger, You’re Barmy	1962	Novel	1999?	B+	3.5	Own	No	Honest picture of the inanities of national service
	Le Carré, John	The Spy who came in from the Cold	1963	Action	1998	B+	3.5	Own	No	Dark, trendsetting, anti-heroic cold war machinations
	Le Guin, Ursula K.	The Darkness Box In ‘The Wind’s Twelve Quarters’	1964	Short Stories / Fantasy	2014/08	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	Clever realisation of an evocative idea
	Le Guin, Ursula K.	The Word of Unbinding In ‘The Wind’s Twelve Quarters’	1964	Short Stories / Fantasy	2014/08	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	Great key elements already in place in early Earthsea musings
	Herbert, Frank	Dune	1965	SF	1990s	B+	3.5	Own	No	Original. Grand.
	Westake, Donald E.	God Save the Mark	1967	Crime / Humour	2014/02	B+	3.5	No	Rev	Capable enough humourous playing with crime conventions
	Lovecraft, H.P. with Derleth, August	The Lurker at the Threshold	1968	Short Stories / Horror / SF	1990s	B+	3.5	Own	No	Original. Not “boo!” horror, but creeping suspicion there’s something much bigger than humanity out there
	Harrison, Harry	The Stainless Steel Rat’s Revenge	1970	SF/ Humour	1980s	B+	3.5	Own	No	Enjoyable James Bond/Pimpernel farce in space ships
	Herriot, James	If Only They Could Talk	1970	Short Stories / Humour / Autobiography	1990s	B+	3.5	Own	No	Light and formulaic, but charming and amusing country vet recollections
	Lodge, David	Out of the Shelter	1970 (This revised edn. 1985)	Novel	1998?	B+	3.5	Own	No	Semi-autobiographical coming of age story of English youth in post-war Germany
	Milligan, Spike	Adolf Hitler – My Part in His Downfall (1^st of his War Memoirs)	1971	Autobiography (War) / Humour	1985 2^nd – 2004/09	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	Silly drunken licentious farting about in basic training
	Bach, Richard	Jonathan Livingston Seagull	1972	Short Story	1980s 2^nd: 2004?	B+	3.5	Own	No	Ultra optimistic anti-Ecclesiastes parable: every discipline is eternally meaningful
	Niven, Larry	What Good is a Glass Dagger? In ‘The Flight of the Horse’	1972	Fantasy / Short Story	1999	B+	3.5	Own	No	Great little mix of fantasy, action and humour
	Harrison, Harry	The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World	1972	SF/ Humour	1991/11	B+	3.5	Own	No	Enjoyable James Bond/Pimpernel farce in space ships
	O’Brian, Patrick	HMS Surprise Aubrey/Maturin, Book 3	1973	Action / Historical Fiction	2007/04	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	Impressive weaving of professional and private lives in breathing historical context
	Herriot, James	Let Sleeping Vets Lie	1973	Short Stories / Humour / Autobiography	1990s	B+	3.5	Own	No	Light and formulaic, but charming and amusing country vet recollections
	Lodge, David	Changing Places	1975	Novel / Humour	1992?	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	A middle-aged daydream
	Cherryh, C.J.	Gate of Ivrel (Book 1 of The Chronicles of Morgaine)	1976	SF	1993/06	B+	3.5	Own	No	1^st of the dark, compelling, morally tortured ‘Morgaine’ series
	Martin, George R.R.	Tuf Voyaging	1978 - 1985	Science Fiction (Short Stories, same characters)	2002/04	B+	3.5	Own	Rev	Some flaws, but one good thriller and a couple of fascinating themes
	Levi, Primo	The Wrench	1978	Novel / Short Stories	2003/06	B+	3.5	No	Rev	Gracefully narrated stories of a tradesman’s jobs and values
	Cherryh, C.J.	Well of Ishiuan (Book 2 of The Chronicles of Morgaine)	1978	SF	1993/06	B+