Operation Angus by Terry Fallis, McClelland & Stewart, 2021 – Although this is my first foray into the Fallis’ opus, Operation Angus is the third story involving an unlikely set of characters. Angus McLintock is the Member of Parliament for Cumberland-Prescott, Minister of State for International Relations and a former professor of mechanical engineering. The …
Month: May 2022
OLD BATTLES
There’s quite a storm brewing in ‘Murica now that the GHIT’s appointees on the SuperPreen Court are set to strike down the fifty year old law that legalized abortion. The ‘Publican Party and their traditional supporters are making sure that the moment the law is struck down, every kind of abortion will be illegal in …
THE WHITE SHIP BY CHARLES SPENCER
The White Ship by Charles Spencer, William Collins Publishing, 2020 – Even if you slumbered through your English history lessons, you might vaguely remember 1066 as the momentous year when the Normans under William the Conqueror squashed the Anglo-Saxons at the battle of Hastings and took control of the country. The next date to jog …
DOESN’T PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS
What went wrong? The troops were promised a leisurely drive down the highway to the capital. The roads were supposed to be lined with happy U-Crane peasants cheering, throwing flowers and blowing kisses. The U-Crane Prez, Voldmort Z was going to throw his hands in the air and flee the country. Those in the west …
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