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Andrew K. Lawston

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Andrew K. Lawston has at various times been a writer, actor, director, teacher, journalist, academic, salesman, publisher, editor, designer (that was a weird day), cinema manager, film extra and till monkey. His first job was working in an independent bookshop aged 16, and he at least had the foresight to know that it would all be downhill from there.

Andrew writes quirky comedy fiction over a variety of genres. His writing is infused with the kind of worldview that comes from watching a lot of French cinema and Doctor Who (not necessarily in that order), and reading a lot of Pratchett, Dickens and Shakespeare. It's often dark, sometimes disturbing, always unpredictable, and occasionally very funny. Ever wondered what would happen if a small ...more

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	Something Nice - 10 Stories 4.28 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Detective Daintypaws: A Squirrel in Bohemia 3.93 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apocalypse Barnes (The Gentrified Dead #1) 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Detective Daintypaws: Buscemi at Christmas 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Something Nicer 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voyage of the Space Bastard 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zip! Zap! Boing! (Starship Troupers #1) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Killing Me Softly? An Examination of the Depiction of Violence in the Early Films of Jean-Luc Godard (1960-1967) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Frag Prince: A Science-Fiction Fairy Tale 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rudy On Rails: A Cyberpunk Adventure really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Today, the UK has been remembering Noor Inayat Khan, a British Muslim who was the first female radio operator sent into Nazi-occupied France. English Heritage have erected one of their iconic blue plaques at the flat where she lived in Bloomsbury from 1942-43, and they've put together detailed information on her life and heroic exploits which you can read here.

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Andrew Lawston rated a book really liked it Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song by Jenny T. Colgan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A collection of short tales focusing on River Song, one of modern Doctor Who's most enduring supporting characters, mostly portrayed by Alex Kingston. River is an archaeologist serving a life sentence for murdering the Doctor, and is also the Doctor' ...more
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Andrew Lawston liked Jennie Rigg's review of Doctor Who: The Legends of River Song: "Picnic at Asgard by Jenny T. Colgan - 3/5 An enjoyable little tale. River's constant irritation at being mistaken for Brunhilde is amusing. Suspicious Minds by Jaqueline Rayner - 5/5 Really loved this one. Packed full of little fannish references - not" Read more of this review »
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I bought Under the Pendulum Sun after attending a convention where Jeannette Ng was the undisputed queen of every panel she appeared on. I then left it on the shelf for far too many years. I feel bad about this, but I can't pretend it's the only book ...more
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Andrew Lawston rated a book it was amazing Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
As a French speaker who's translated a few books, an SF novel about translation was always going to pique my interest, plus I know Eddie Robson and enjoy his stuff. I'd been saving it to read as a New Year treat, and I'm glad I did, with the spare ti ...more
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Andrew Lawston rated a book liked it Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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This was a reread, I've a signed copy from the launch party for the 2013 edition. The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinborough is a fleeting, meditative book about loss, grief and time. Grief for our lost pasts as much as for the people within them. A ma ...more
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Andrew Lawston rated a book it was amazing Kraken by China Miéville (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This has been my side book for the last month or so, as I'd forgotten it was a precious signed copy following a really cool chat with China at a convention in 2011 or so (I remembered the chat, but not which book he'd signed). That's the state of my ...more
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When Doctor Who came back to BBC1 in 2005, it was an instant smash, and a lot of people - frankly myself included - were not necessarily expecting that. We'd just had two seasons of Reeves and Mortimer resurrecting Randall & Hopkirk: Deceased as a la ...more
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“While I prepared to poison my girlfriend, I sorted through the previous day’s post”
― Andrew K. Lawston, A Splendid Salmagundi

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“I’m Detective Daintypaws, and you’re nicked! By the power vested in me by, uh, a waiter who turned out to be the twisted pawn of an insane primal deity, I’m arresting you on suspicion of grand theft cheese - I’ll think of a clever pun later, I’m sure there is one.”
― Andrew K. Lawston, Detective Daintypaws: Buscemi at Christmas

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“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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“Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.”
― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

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“When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.”
― Pablo Picasso

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“While I prepared to poison my girlfriend, I sorted through the previous day’s post”
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“What does a scanner see? he asked himself. I mean, really see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Does a passive infrared scanner like they used to use or a cube-type holo-scanner like they use these days, the latest thing, see into me - into us - clearly or darkly? I hope it does, he thought, see clearly, because I can't any longer these days see into myself. I see only murk. Murk outside; murk inside. I hope, for everyone's sake, the scanners do better. Because, he thought, if the scanner sees only darkly, the way I myself do, then we are cursed, cursed again and like we have been continually, and we'll wind up dead this way, knowing very little and getting that little fragment wrong too.”
― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly