Author: sroot
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Out of the Silent Planet (C S Lewis)
Growing up, I read all of the Narnia books. I’d persuaded my parents to buy me the full set of 7 as a 12 year old and read from the first to the last. I loved those books. I already knew of the “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” but until I got the…
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The Torch Bearers (Alexander Fullerton)
If you read some of my earlier reviews you’ll find I really didn’t like The Floating Madhouse (Alexander Fullerton) having given it just 1 out of 5. However, I’ll often give an authors other books a try when I come across them as I don’t expect to enjoy 100% of any authors work. This is…
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Air Bridge (Hammond Innes)
If the last Hammond Innes book wasn’t for me, this one surely was. Still based on real events, this had the scope for some creative fictional work. We follow a group as they build by hand a new design of aero-engine based on a design stolen from Germany during the war. Their aim, to have…