Read (finally)
"They Don't Plummet Out of The Sky Anymore, by our very own
M.D Blake - and a good read it was after I'd sorted out that
Bliss was a girl's name as well as a state of mind!
Now reading
Three Men on The Bummel - perhaps not as good as the " .... In a Boat" - though
Zelda's work makes it a more interesting read, anyway;
and also
The Penal Colony, by our very own
Richard Herley
It is 1997. The British government now runs island prison colonies to take dangerous offenders from its overcrowded mainland jails.
Among all these colonies, Sert, 25 miles off the north Cornish coast, has the worst reputation. There are no warders. Satellite technology is used to keep the convicts under watch. New arrivals are dumped by helicopter and must learn to survive as best they can.
Not a 'usual' genre for me, and it's early days - but it's very promising start ...
