Mark Hodder — Author
@markhodderauthor.bsky.social
Author of the Burton & Swinburne series (THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF SPRING-HEELED JACK etc), collector and editor of Sexton Blake stories, currently collaborating with Michael Moorcock on the ALBINO series of novels. Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award 2010.
I just read THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY by Agatha Christie (1929). Like a cross between P. G. Wodehouse and John Buchanan, this is good humoured, but far from Christie's best. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
April 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I just read THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY by Agatha Christie (1929). Like a cross between P. G. Wodehouse and John Buchanan, this is good humoured, but far from Christie's best. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
I just read EVEN IN THE BEST FAMILIES by Rex Stout (1950). The 17th in the wonderful Nero Wolfe series ... and the best so far! www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
April 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I just read EVEN IN THE BEST FAMILIES by Rex Stout (1950). The 17th in the wonderful Nero Wolfe series ... and the best so far! www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
I just read A SOUR APPLE TREE by John Blackburn (1958). A wartime traitor has become a telepathic menace! Wonderful stuff! www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
April 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I just read A SOUR APPLE TREE by John Blackburn (1958). A wartime traitor has become a telepathic menace! Wonderful stuff! www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
I just read for the #MyNovelLife challenge: THE BLACK DAHLIA (L.A. Quartet 1) by James Ellroy (from 1987, when I was 25). Based on a real unsolved murder case, this novel is as brutal as they come. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
April 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I just read for the #MyNovelLife challenge: THE BLACK DAHLIA (L.A. Quartet 1) by James Ellroy (from 1987, when I was 25). Based on a real unsolved murder case, this novel is as brutal as they come. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
I just read DRAY PRESCOT 1: TRANSIT TO SCORPIO by Alan Burt Akers (Kenneth Bulmer) (1972). Standard "sword & planet" fare but good fun if you are in the mood for this sort of thing. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
March 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I just read DRAY PRESCOT 1: TRANSIT TO SCORPIO by Alan Burt Akers (Kenneth Bulmer) (1972). Standard "sword & planet" fare but good fun if you are in the mood for this sort of thing. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
I just read THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE WORLD 3: WARDENCLYFFE by F. Paul Wilson (2018). Nikolas Tesla's experiments allow Lovecraftian monstrosities to break into the world! www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
March 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I just read THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE WORLD 3: WARDENCLYFFE by F. Paul Wilson (2018). Nikolas Tesla's experiments allow Lovecraftian monstrosities to break into the world! www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
BOOK REVIEW: I just read SPACE 1999: BREAKAWAY by E. C. Tubb (1975). www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
March 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
BOOK REVIEW: I just read SPACE 1999: BREAKAWAY by E. C. Tubb (1975). www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
BOOK REVIEW: I just read POMPEII by Robert Harris (2003). I really enjoy novels set during the height of the Roman Empire, so had high hopes for this one. Unfortunately, it didn't quite deliver. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau...
#bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
#bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
March 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
BOOK REVIEW: I just read POMPEII by Robert Harris (2003). I really enjoy novels set during the height of the Roman Empire, so had high hopes for this one. Unfortunately, it didn't quite deliver. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau...
#bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
#bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
I just read THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. PELHAM by Anthony Armstrong (1957) for #marchmysterymadness. A rather dated tale about a man whose life is taken over by a more accomplished doppelgänger. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
March 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I just read THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. PELHAM by Anthony Armstrong (1957) for #marchmysterymadness. A rather dated tale about a man whose life is taken over by a more accomplished doppelgänger. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
I just read FABULOUS HARBOURS by Michael Moorcock (1995)—a collection of 11 interconnected short stories, four of which I have read before, and two of which Mike and I are rewriting for a forthcoming project. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
March 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I just read FABULOUS HARBOURS by Michael Moorcock (1995)—a collection of 11 interconnected short stories, four of which I have read before, and two of which Mike and I are rewriting for a forthcoming project. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
BOOK REVIEW: I just re-read CENTENNIAL by James Michener (1979). My third visit to this magnificent epic, one of my all-time favourite novels. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
March 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
BOOK REVIEW: I just re-read CENTENNIAL by James Michener (1979). My third visit to this magnificent epic, one of my all-time favourite novels. www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
I'm halfway thru James Michener's CENTENNIAL and loving it just as much as the 1st time I read it (1980) & the 2nd (1999). Truly epic, it tugs at the heartstrings in so many ways. The massacre of the "Indians" destroys me every time. #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
February 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I'm halfway thru James Michener's CENTENNIAL and loving it just as much as the 1st time I read it (1980) & the 2nd (1999). Truly epic, it tugs at the heartstrings in so many ways. The massacre of the "Indians" destroys me every time. #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
WRITING UPDATE: Publication of THE ALBINO'S SECRET by Michael Moorcock & Mark Hodder has been set for October 14th!
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www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Al...
#Authors, #Writing, #WritingCommunity, #WriteLife, #WriterLife, #WriteSky, #WriterSky
February 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
WRITING UPDATE: Publication of THE ALBINO'S SECRET by Michael Moorcock & Mark Hodder has been set for October 14th!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Al...
#Authors, #Writing, #WritingCommunity, #WriteLife, #WriterLife, #WriteSky, #WriterSky
www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Al...
#Authors, #Writing, #WritingCommunity, #WriteLife, #WriterLife, #WriteSky, #WriterSky
BOOK REVIEW: I just read for the #MyNovelLife challenge (rules in comments): FLASHMAN no.8—FLASHMAN AND THE DRAGON by George MacDonald Fraser (1985. I was 23). Loved, loved, loved it! Full review on Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
February 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
BOOK REVIEW: I just read for the #MyNovelLife challenge (rules in comments): FLASHMAN no.8—FLASHMAN AND THE DRAGON by George MacDonald Fraser (1985. I was 23). Loved, loved, loved it! Full review on Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
BOOK REVIEW: I just read: RIPLEY no.5 - RIPLEY UNDER WATER by Patricia Highsmith (1991). www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
January 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
BOOK REVIEW: I just read: RIPLEY no.5 - RIPLEY UNDER WATER by Patricia Highsmith (1991). www.tumblr.com/markhodderau... #bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers #booksky 📚💙
RIP Marianne Faithfull. Much underrated. One of the few whose voice got better with age.
January 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
RIP Marianne Faithfull. Much underrated. One of the few whose voice got better with age.
BOOK REVIEW: I just read: BLADE 2 - THE JADE WARRIOR by Jeffrey Lord (1969).
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#bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers 📚 💙
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#bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers 📚 💙
January 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
BOOK REVIEW: I just read: BLADE 2 - THE JADE WARRIOR by Jeffrey Lord (1969).
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#bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers 📚 💙
www.tumblr.com/markhodderau...
#bookreviews #bookworm #booklover #bookbloggers 📚 💙
My migration is complete. My Instagram book reviews are now Tumblr book reviews: markhodderauthor.tumblr.com All other social media posts will be on Bluesky instead of Facebook.
January 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
My migration is complete. My Instagram book reviews are now Tumblr book reviews: markhodderauthor.tumblr.com All other social media posts will be on Bluesky instead of Facebook.
A tiny, seemingly insignificant action performed by many people can become a large action. One person migrating to Bluesky from Facebook means nothing. But if millions were to do it... ...
January 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A tiny, seemingly insignificant action performed by many people can become a large action. One person migrating to Bluesky from Facebook means nothing. But if millions were to do it... ...
My migration from Facebook to Bluesky is ongoing. I now need a nice alternative to Instagram. These side-by-side search results from that platform show why. What are the worthwhile contenders?
January 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
My migration from Facebook to Bluesky is ongoing. I now need a nice alternative to Instagram. These side-by-side search results from that platform show why. What are the worthwhile contenders?