Inside GMT Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative GamerIt 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…
This is basically three works under one cover, as the sections on the three most well-known Confederate Ranger leaders are all independent of each other. There’s no general section on rangers, or their employment by less-successful leaders to tie things[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shirley Rousseau Murphy’s second YA epic fantasy series sprawls less than Children of Ynell/World of Ere did, but doesn’t really reach the highs of that series. That probably has to do with the choice of main character. Teb is closer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It is difficult for a general history to maintain a central thesis and remain informative, and be entertaining. One of Catton’s gifts is that he does it quite well here. Terrible Swift Sword picks up in the immediate aftermath of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…