Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories Fantasy Cafe Sitrep Hex and Violence Desperation Morale Banzai!! Let’s GURPS The Collaborative GamerOkay, lets just start with the fact that this far from the most engaging book I’ve read. It is by no means poorly-written, and it is well organized and presented. But, I’m no hurry to go through it all again.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This volume is a little different than most Osprey Campaign books, because it’s really about more than one campaign. In some senses it’s even about more than one war. But only in fairly limited senses. Mostly, this is about one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At about 1,300 words, this is a short-short. So there’s not a lot of room for anything here. Writing wise, it’s pretty good, but I wonder if there’s a bunch of unclosed italic tag errors in the manuscript. There’s some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It does seem like every well-written Expanse novel comes with a problem of its own. This time, the problem is physics instead of plot structure. So, there’s now a new, alien made, structure in the outer solar system (maybe 21[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ada Palmer’s title doesn’t cover everything that’s in this book. In fact, what the book covers is probably too large for any one title, and it is to her credit that it isn’t too large for any one book. First[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve read a good number of history books over the years, and I thought I’d take the time to list my recommendations of some of the best of the best I’ve come across, with links to my fuller reviews. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thucydides’ classic account of the Peloponnesian War(s) hits one of its dramatic moments (of many) with the siege of Sphacteria. It gets a lot of attention in his history, and William Shepherd spends a lot of time quoting it in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While the story as a whole is well put together, you can see how things are being introduced as they are thought up. This was originally a single short story/novella, and then the rest was done a couple years later,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, first, it should be noted that this novel certainly happens in the time of the original series. In fact, it seems like it’s fairly early in, and Sulu isn’t entirely sure of his position on the ship, and is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The “part 1, volume 1” bit may be a bit confusing. There is a big website in Japan for posting web novels (Shousetsuka ni Narou). Basically, a non-fanfic version of things like AO3. It is basically the testing ground for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…