Eye in the Sky-Philip K. Dick

A visit to the Belmont Bevatron turns into a journey into bizarro land when 8 people get caught in the path of a malfunctioning proton beam deflector. Miraculously the 8 survive relatively unscathed and it is only as they go about their business, the day after the accident, that they realize everything is not as it seems.

Based on the fact that P.H. Dick had also written Blade runner and Minority report, I decided to try one of his stories. It quickly becomes obvious that this story was written some time ago. If you take into account that this story was written in the 1950's, then for it's time it was probably an incredible story.

Told from the point of view of the engineer who for all his supposed intelligence and training is a bit thick. It was an okay read.

genre-science fiction

Maskerade-Terry Pratchett

Pen Pals- Olivia Goldsmith

Jennifer is a supposedly savvy broker on Wall Street who in a moment of drunkenness and incredible stupidity decides to take the fall for her boss. Despite their reassurances that everything will be fine, she won't have to spend time in jail and if she does it will be one of those 'country club' jails and none of those promises actually coming true, Jennifer continues to believe in each empty promise even though she is currently serving time in the county prison and nothing is going as planned.

Very slow to start. It doesn't really start to get interesting until halfway. Nevertheless it was an okay read.

Maximum Bob-Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard also wrote 'Get Shorty'. I hadn't actually read any of his work before and chose this novel due to my enjoyment of the movie,'Get Shorty'.

'Maximum Bob' is about a judge so nick-named due to the sentences he hands out. He's a bit of a red neck as are many characters in the novel. Maximum Bob sets off a chain of events when he endeavours to rid himself of his wife through shady means.

Told in the voice of each character as the plot unfolds, you get a real feel for each character. So much so that because of my dislike of the rednecks and other lowlifes, I was tempted to put this novel aside.

Although I am unlikely to read any more of Elmore Leonard's work, I can certainly see the appeal his style might hold for others.