Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative GamerFletcher Pratt is known to the SF&F community as the coauthor of the “Harold Shea” series (he did others, both with L. Sprague deCamp and alone, but those left a lasting impression). He is also known to wargamers as running[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, first, this is a bit of pulp fun, and I shouldn’t try to get too serious with it. But, I would like to know a little more about the world. It’s not Earth, nor even furry-Earth, as we have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This, or especially, the first half, feels like a dissertation paper on the origins of the Indian Mutiny. It is full of close arguing, and written out facts, figures, and references on the subject. Some of this feels repetitious, not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Basically the last in the line of Dilvish stories, this is the biggest (the others being short stories), and the most Zelazny. Not to say you can’t tell who wrote the others, but this one has the space to spread[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is identified as one of the influences on Harry Potter, and it’s easy to see parallels with the start of that series. That said, the influence is less about Platform 9 3/4, and more for the initial characters. We[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In 1988, Osprey did a four-part series on the Nineteenth Century British Army by Michael Barthorp. I’ve only read part three, but I can say that it does stand well on its own. This volume covers from after the Crimean[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is an older Osprey Men at Arms book, and has a few characteristics related to a 1977 release. First, it is something of a light guide to the history of the Mutiny. This would be better in an Essential[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The introduction to this book is interesting, as we find there is something of a path to this second book that leads through another book on to another. Essentially, Wrede wrote a sequel, then wrote a book in between (this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan’s, name is best remembered with the cardigan sweater. The person will forever be known as the man who led the Charge of the Light Brigade. At the time, he was already well known, as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We begin in Jerusalem, where fights break out at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre over whether Orthodox or Catholic priests had priority for their rituals when both versions of the calculation of Easter fell on the same day in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…