Melanie Roussel
2020 Goodreads Reading Challenge Check-in
I think I'm going to meet my Goodreads Reading Challenge target this year... For those of you who don't know, the Goodreads Reading...
top of page
MELANIE ROUSSEL FICTION
Melanie Roussel
- Mar 11, 2020
- 2 min
Review: Geek Feminist Revolution by Hurley
Kameron Hurley is challenging the accepted narrative of cannibalistic llamas. It makes total sense. Read the book. The Feminist...
2 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
Hugo Gernsback - another Father of Science Fiction
There are many fathers of science fiction. HG Wells, Jules Verne and believe it or not, Voltaire who wrote the proto-science fiction...
1 view0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Jul 29, 2019
- 2 min
Review: Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
"You see, when someone says 'it's impossible,' I have this very bad habit - I can't help myself, I immediately contradict that person in...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Jul 15, 2019
- 4 min
Science Fiction and Fantasy - call it what it is
I was at a talk with an agent who was regaling us about one of his authors whose book was about to come out. He said the phrase which...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Jul 8, 2019
- 5 min
Why we need the Staunch Book Prize
Like a zombie rising from its grave to take advantage of the Black Friday Sales, it is once again time to witness the fury of people who...
1 view0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Jun 28, 2019
- 2 min
Review: Earthman's Burden by Anderson & Dickson
Meet the Hokas!...the most lovable - and the zaniest - characters you'll ever encounter in the entire Universe! Earthman's Burden is a...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
Review: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
As the Amazing Maurice said, it was just a story about people and rats. And the difficult part of it was deciding who the people were,...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- May 6, 2019
- 2 min
Review: Neuromancer by William Gibson
The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel. William Gibson This is one of the books you read because it...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Apr 25, 2019
- 2 min
Varney the Vampire
Varney can be your friend too if you just make believe him! Varney the Vampire (or The Feast of Blood) was a serialized gothic horror...
1 view0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Apr 15, 2019
- 3 min
Mary Shelley
It is simply not possible to discuss the beginnings of science fiction without talking about Mary Shelley. She is widely acknowledged as...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Mar 11, 2019
- 2 min
Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
The Eyre Affair is a weird and wonderful ride, but probably not everyone's cup of tea. The Eyre Affair is set in Great Britain circa...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Mar 4, 2019
- 3 min
Review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Shadow’s life is turned upside down when he finds out his wife Laura has died in a car crash. Directionless, only just released from...
1 view0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Jan 28, 2019
- 2 min
Review: Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Nov 16, 2018
- 1 min
7# Criminally Underused Harry Potter Characters
Seventeen years ago today, the 16th of November, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone came out in theatres. We finally got to see...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Oct 1, 2018
- 4 min
The Turn of the Screw vs The Haunting of Hill House
I'll say it now - I'm almost positive that Shirley Jackson read Turn of the Screw and said 'I can do that but with repressed...
5 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 2 min
Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher
MAY THE VERSE BE WITH YOU! You really don’t need much of an introduction – this is the Star Wars movie “A New Hope” rewritten in iambic...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 4 min
Terry Pratchett Hisworld at the Salisbury Museum
My review of the award-winning exhibition Terry Pratchett Hisworld at the Salisbury Museum. It was a beautiful exhibition and an...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 3 min
Why Speculative Fiction is the inspirational genre
When I tell people I write speculative fiction, I usually get a blank look. I explain. The blank look turns into a small smile and a...
0 views0 comments
Melanie Roussel
- Sep 17, 2018
- 4 min
Review: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Philip K. Dick
The original story of Rick Deckard, android bounty hunter. How does it fair after all these years? This one has been on my list since I...
0 views0 comments
bottom of page