ben aaronovitch

[Jack Remillard]

I've read his novelisation of his Doctor Who serial Remembrance Of The Daleks, and also his Doctor Who New Adventures book 'The Also People' (which I thought was excellent), but none of his non-Doctor Who stuff. They are definitely on my list though.

 

[Catch-up]

I'm about half way through Midnight Riot (Rivers of London) and I'm really enjoying it. Completely different than what I was expecting.

 

[Catch-up]

Just moved on to Moon Over Soho. I can see why you have to read them in order.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Good, aren't they?

 

[chris.ph]

yip

 

[Catch-up]

Yes, and funny.

 

[meerkat]

Loved the latest one! So clever! Can't wait for the next one!

 

[Catch-up]

Me too! Just finished it and wish I had another to read.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

I've just had a look at Ben's website, and he's currently reading the Merrily Watkins books by Phil Rickman, and thoroughly enjoying them.

If they're good enough for Ben.....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_nos ... ly+Watkins

 

[Catch-up]

Thanks! Just put the first one on hold, The Wine of Angels. Hope it's the first one!

 

[high eight]

I've just had a look at Ben's website, and he's currently reading the Merrily Watkins books by Phil Rickman, and thoroughly enjoying them.

If they're good enough for Ben.....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_nos ... ly+Watkins

I can't get on with those at all. The Vicar of Dibley as written by a collaboration between Stephen King & Agatha Christie.

And Merrily Watkins' daughter needs a good slapping - she is one of the most annoying characters in literature.

Just my opinion. :whistle:

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Haven't finished the first one yet, so can't comment.......... yet!!

 

[Quatermass]

I mentioned in another thread that I read Rivers of London. I felt it was a quite good, rather than a great, book, and the twist as to who the culprit at the end was quite a novel one. Unfortunately, I felt that Aaronovitch's pinnacle, as far as I read, was with his novelisation of his own Doctor Who story, Remembrance of the Daleks.

I have read four of his books, actually. Besides the aforementioned novelisation and Rivers of London, I have read his Doctor Who New Adventures, Transit and The Also People.

 

[chris.ph]

new book coming out called broken homes, just preordered it

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Ben Aaronovitch has stormed the bestseller list with his superb London crime series. A unique blend of police procedural, loving detail about the greatest character of all, London, and a dash of the supernatural.

In the new novel DC Peter Grant must head south of the river to the alien environs of Elephant and Castle. There's a murderer abroad and, as always when Grant's department are reluctantly called in by CID, there is more than a whiff of the supernatural in the darkness.

Full of warmth, sly humour and a rich cornucopia of things you never knew about London, Aaronovitch's series has swiftly added Grant's magical London to Rebus' Edinburgh and Morse's Oxford as a destination of choice for those who love their crime with something a little extra.

Out (or at least the electronic edition will be sent to your Kindle) on 27th June.

 

[Catch-up]

No release date over here yet. Hope I don't have to wait too long!

 

[YoungSam]

I just recently discovered Ben and think he's great! I'm a big Harry Dresden fan so these were right down my alley. I'm also giving Charles Stross a try too.

 

[Quatermass]

I just recently discovered Ben and think he's great! I'm a big Harry Dresden fan so these were right down my alley. I'm also giving Charles Stross a try too.

Ooh, Charles Stross is pretty damn good. The Laundry series starts with The Atrocity Archives, and the series mixes in Lovecraftian horror, espionage, and dark humour.

 

[=Tamar]

No release date over here yet. Hope I don't have to wait too long!

His website says US February 2014 paperback. No hint of a hardcover for the US.

 

[Catch-up]

Just found out he's going to be a guest at the con in Manchester!