scottishben's review
5.0
If you dont live in Australia then you either need a lot of luck, have Aussie connections or go to quite a bit of effort to get a copy of this but if you do you will be very glad you did.
It makes no sense to me at all why this is not available at least as an ebook outside of Australia. I would say this is one of the most important and effective SF books in the last decade. It is a lot of fun, its accessible and it has plenty of fresh ideas.
A few small critisisms dropped it a star but this is an exceptional read.
It makes no sense to me at all why this is not available at least as an ebook outside of Australia. I would say this is one of the most important and effective SF books in the last decade. It is a lot of fun, its accessible and it has plenty of fresh ideas.
A few small critisisms dropped it a star but this is an exceptional read.
autisticenbynerd's review
5.0
Set in future Melbourne with an androgynous lead character with lesbian sex. It is AWESOME :D
rivqa's review
4.0
I wasn't sure I was going to like this at first, but then I did, and then suddenly it was done. A beautiful, thought-provoking book.
alextheunicorn's review
5.0
Set in future Melbourne with an androgynous lead character with lesbian sex. It is AWESOME :D
celiaedf12's review
4.0
I got a copy of this science fiction novel set in Melbourne after hearing about it on Galactic Suburbia (I now have a "Galactic Suburbia" tag for books that fit into this category) and enjoyed it very much. Westwood envisions a dark, oppressive future, where a virus has drastically reduced fertility rates, and created a thriving black market in hormones. Salisbury Forth is a bicycle courier for one of the ethical hormone companies, and when dodgy hormones start turning up on the street purporting to be from her employer, she goes into detective mode.
It wasn't so much the mystery element of this story I enjoyed as the entire world Westwood has created, the character of Salisbury and her "family" she has created of those mostly on the outskirts of the narrow limits society now deems to be acceptable. A wonderfully enjoyable book.
It wasn't so much the mystery element of this story I enjoyed as the entire world Westwood has created, the character of Salisbury and her "family" she has created of those mostly on the outskirts of the narrow limits society now deems to be acceptable. A wonderfully enjoyable book.
alanbaxter's review
4.0
You can find my review of this one here:
The Courier’s New Bicycle by Kim Westwood – review: http://bit.ly/scgKM3
The Courier’s New Bicycle by Kim Westwood – review: http://bit.ly/scgKM3
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