Tag: Jon Culshaw

Snuff

Snuff

by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday, 2011)

audiobook read by Jon Culshaw (Penguin Audio, 2023)

Book cover: “Snuff” by Terry Pratchett (Doubleday, 2011); audiobook read by Jon Culshaw (Penguin Audio, 2023)

Surely the least funny Discworld novel, though in the best possible way. Pratchett’s humour is rooted in humanity, and thus flown at a respectful half-mast throughout what proves a chastening examination (by the incomparable Sam Vimes) of murderous privilege and unthinking prejudice.

Doctor Who: Warriors’ Gate

Doctor Who: Warriors’ Gate

by Stephen Gallagher, writing as John Lydecker

restored from the original extended manuscript (1981); audiobook read by Jon Culshaw (with John Leeson as K9) (BBC Audio, 2019)

Gallagher_Warriors' Gate

Even in heavily expurgated form, the version of Warriors’ Gate published in 1982 outshone all but a few of the original Target novelisations. The 2019 audiobook restores Gallagher’s original manuscript, revealing a dreamlike SF classic with exceptional depth of story and characterisation.

 

 

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