Recent Posts Tagged With 'alistair maclean'

• Next book on the To Read and Reviw list...

  Posted on Saturday February 14th, 2009 at 07:11 in alistair maclean, where eagles dare

  ... yes,it's another Alistair MacLean book - Where Eagles Dare. I've seen the film many times, but can't remember what the book itself was like. Review coming soon!CaptainD - PC Gaming Blog...

• The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLean - Full Review

  Posted on Wednesday February 11th, 2009 at 11:47 in thrillers, alistair maclean, the golden rendezvous

  It's not his best book but The Golden Rendezvous certainly has that indefinable page-turning quality of MacLean's thrillers. Has its problems but overall was a good read.Read my review of The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLean.CaptainD - Book Rev...

• The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLean - Mini-Review

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 14:22 in alistair maclean, golden rendezvous

  This book starts of relatively slowly, building atmosphere and building up to some heart-pounding action later on. The hero is tough, shrewd and basically seems to posess all the abilities you'd expect from an SAS member (and in fact any hero in a M...

• The Way to a Dusty Death

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 08:24 in alistair maclean, way to a dusty death

  Managed to miss this one somehow - not a terrible book, but definitely not one of Alistair MacLean's best. Click here for the full review on Epinions.CaptainD - Book Review Blog...

• The Golden Rendezvous by Alistair MacLean - First Thoughts

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 08:19 in first thoughts, alistair maclean, golden rendezvous

  I'm a few chapters into this and it seems to be one of his good /brilliant first-person thrillers, full of humour and sporting an excellent plot, with the typical laxness in writing / editing on display a few times. I've yet to decide whether it bel...

• The Last Frontier - review now on Epinions

  Posted on Friday January 9th, 2009 at 09:03 in book review, the last frontier, alistair maclean

  My review of The Last Frontier by Alistair MacLean has now been posted on Epinions....

• The Way to a Dusty Death by Alistair MacLean

  Posted on Monday December 22nd, 2008 at 12:53 in alistair maclean, way to a dusty death

  Nearly finished this one - I have to admit that, while the writing is not up to the standard of his best (by a long way), this is still a real page-turner. Full review should be up within a few days.CaptainD - Book Reviews Blog...

• The Last Frontier by Alistair MacLean - Full Review

  Posted on Saturday December 20th, 2008 at 10:19 in book review, the last frontier, alistair maclean

  The Last Frontier is an amazingly tense spy thriller by Alistair MacLean. It’s also fairly unique in that, while it starts out as a typical East vs West espionage story, it promotes the idea of striving for unity between the cold war factions rath...

• The Last Frontier...

  Posted on Saturday December 13th, 2008 at 06:16 in the last frontier, alistair maclean

  ... much nearer the end than the beginning now, and still pretty gripped... I'm beginning to understand just why I was so addicted to Alastair MacLean's books when I was younger!!...

• The Last Frontier - First Thoughts

  Posted on Wednesday December 10th, 2008 at 16:28 in the last frontier, first thoughts, alistair maclean

  Continuing my re-reading of Alastair MacLean novels, I'm now reading The Last Frontier - and the first few chapters have had me spellbound. Amazing stuff, can't remember if it stays this good until the end... will let you know!CaptainD - Book Review...

• Review of Ice Station Zebra

  Posted on Friday December 5th, 2008 at 11:14 in alistair maclean, ice station zebra

  One of Alistair MacLean's finest - read my review of Ice Station Zebra.Not a book to read if you're feeling a bit chilly though!CaptainD - Book Reviews Blog...