Being the thoughts and writings of one Gustaf Erikson; father, homeowner, technologist.
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Part near-future thriller set in yakusa Japan and Sarf London, part SF set in far-far-far-future Earth, this is a hard book to summarize. The thriller part dominates, and seems to be set 15 years in the future mostly so our hero can have some bad memories from Iraq in his youth. The SF element nearly makes sense, but it’s not an SF novel for beginners.
I’ve read one other novel by Grimwood, Pashazade. This is similar, but at the same time almost completely different. Recommended.
A “last man on earth” story set in a Los Angeles beset by vampires. Very much a Fifties novel. Reading this after World War Z was a bit unfair, the latter is a much better story.
Subtitled “An Oral History of the Zombie War, this is a fictional account of the war against the plague of the undead that’s due to engulf us in about 4 years.
Riveting and horrific.
Update 2008-05-08: John Walker has a more extensive review.
A superlative noir near-future SF thriller. I haven’t enjoyed a book like this for a long time. Highly recommended.