Cosmonaut Keep : The Opening Novel in an Astonishing New Future History

from djfoobarmatt

The reason I enjoy Ken Macleod is that he puts lots of politics, religion and humour in his books. He plays a little bit of romance usually involving a dark haired girl with green eyes and a glasgow accent and his characters are very human while still being heroic and doing amazing things. This s...

from kevinashley

My catalogue record for this book came from the British Library. Somebody there was having a bad day; or perhaps someone at the publisher supplied bad data. So let's correct some misconceptions at the outset: this is not a "toy or movable book", nor is it about house-cleaning. Still interested ? ...

from RobertDay

Another Ken Macleod novel with alternating plotlines and an assumption that the reader will be fairly up to speed with Leftist politics, though not the same factions of the Left explored in the Fall Revolution novels. The near-future plotline in this novel starts out with a Soviet-dominated EU in...

from kevinashley

My catalogue record for this book came from the British Library. Somebody there was having a bad day; or perhaps someone at the publisher supplied bad data. So let's correct some misconceptions at the outset: this is not a "toy or movable book", nor is it about house-cleaning. Still interested ? ...

from MEMGTaylor

Not quite sure where to start with this book, this is the first title I've read from this author and I must say I found it intriguing. The story takes place in 2 different time lines, one on Earth a few decades from now and the other on another Planet several centuries later which, I have to admi...