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NATION, Terry & HOYLE, Trevor

B- Blake’s 7 1977 SF

Awful cashing-in novelisation of TV show (at times bad enough to be good)

NAYLOR, Doug

B Last Human (Red Dwarf series) 1995 Humour/SF

OK if you’re in the right (undemanding) mood

Irène Némirovsky

B+ Suite Française 2004 (trans. 2006) Novel

Established Jewish novelist sets and writes a story in Vichy France. Extraordinarily poignant.

NIVEN, Larry

B+ What Good is a Glass Dagger? 1972 Fantasy/Short Story

(in ‘The Flight of the Horse’)

Great little mix of fantasy, action and humour

B The Flight of the Horse 1974 SF/Fantasy/Short Stories

Pretty average pulp apart from the enjoyable ‘Glass Dagger’

D Fallen Angels 2000 SF

Some novel ideas, but woeful characters and motivation