Magnus Mills
Birth date: January 01, 1954
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I thought Explorers of the New Century was just going to be a satire on the subject of scientific expeditions. You know, the styles and levels of organization, the clash of personalities, the competitive machismo and posturing (or wholesome, manly attitudes, depending on your point of view), the arb...
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Magnus Mills, famously still a bus driver when he published this (his first) book, has written an unusual book in which not much happens, or repetitive things happen, just building very long fences (but for what we never quite find out). The relationship between the workmen and their manager adds a ...
Fantastic sense of something awful about to happen, an atmosphere of the protagonist somehow not fully connecting with anyone in an area strange to him, kept me reading this book. And, although nothing particularly bad happens, it is a book which I will always remember. It is quite unique and, I thi...
Magnus Mills has yet again proved he has the amazing ability to create a believable world, that is just ‘off’ in contrast to our world. And yet again he tells the story with a great sense of humor, speed and rythm. But I do have to say, this is not the best book I’ve read written by him.