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Kris Ashton
Sep 7, 20174 min read
Review: IT Chapter One
Full disclosure: the 1990 mini-series adaptation of Stephen King’s novel IT was one of the defining movies of my teenage years. When...
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Kris Ashton
Mar 14, 20162 min read
Review: The Martian by Andy Weir
Back in 2010, I published a story which began with a single-word paragraph: FUCK. ‘Mere Symptoms of Living’ is about a man trapped in a...
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Kris Ashton
Jan 5, 20167 min read
Review: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King
The introduction to The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is made entirely from recycled parts and isn’t the most auspicious welcome to King’s sixth...
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Kris Ashton
Aug 2, 20154 min read
Review: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
The world of modern commercial fiction reminds me of Hollywood in the 1980s. Thanks to the success of Harry Potter and Game of Thrones,...
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Kris Ashton
Apr 12, 20153 min read
Review: Enter, Night by Michael Rowe
Enter, Night is to ’Salems Lot as ’Salems Lot was to Dracula: a literary homage of sorts, but also very much its own beast. Set in the...
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Kris Ashton
Feb 4, 20153 min read
My second date with a Trollope
Nearly a decade after reading and delighting to Anthony Trollope’s An Editor’s Tale, I picked up this collection of novelettes for two...
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Kris Ashton
Jan 8, 20153 min read
Latest novel revives my faith in Stephen King
A clear pattern has emerged in Stephen King’s writing over the past 20 years. Whenever his story or novel is a period piece – think The...
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Kris Ashton
Oct 27, 20143 min read
Drood: My ambitious attempt at a review
Fair warning, Drood is not an approachable novel. A reader that doesn’t meet two or more of the following criteria likely won’t enjoy it:...
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Kris Ashton
Jan 14, 20145 min read
A heretical review of Doctor Sleep
Anyone who has ever called Stephen King a hack needs to go and read The Shining. It is a masterpiece of modern horror, taking the classic...
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