Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories Sitrep Hex and Violence Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative GamerThis is the fifteenth in a series of reviews looking at the evolution of Europa Universalis IV. See the previous reviews here: Europa Universalis IV: A Fantastic Point of View Wealth of Nations: National Trade Res Publica: A Tradition of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The second book of Spice and Wolf is also the second half of the first season/cour of the original anime adaptation (I haven’t seen the recent one yet), and again that follows this pretty closely. The central plot once again[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I never got to see all of it, but the 1992 PBS miniseries on The Prize was very good, and was part of what launched this book to superstar status. That, and coming out right after the First Gulf War[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Julia Ecklar wrote a number of short stories (in Analog, and a few anthologies), but no novels, which might explain why this Star Trek novel is more of a short story collection. However, she did later write other TOS novels[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My copy of this book is enhanced by an interesting preface, where Brian Sanderson talks about the particular challenges of writing this book. Apparently, he’d been writing various books for a while, finishing them, moving on to the next book.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the seventh in a series of reviews looking at the evolution of Stellaris. See the previous reviews here: Stellaris: Paradox Among the Stars Leviathans: There Be Dragons Here! Utopia: No Place Among the Stars Synthetic Dawn: Synthetic Intelligence[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The third part of The History of Middle Earth is much rougher going for me, as it mostly a couple of very long poems, which I never do so well with. It does gain interest for a couple bits of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the same length as the other New Frontiers books, but it feels just a bit meatier, and more than just a longer episode. Also, the subplots feel more natural to the overall plot this time. There’s still odd[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the twelfth in a series of reviews looking at the evolution of Crusader Kings II. See the previous reviews here: Crusader Kings II: The Second Crusade The Old Gods: That Old-Time Religion Sons of Abraham: A Little of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By the description, this is a through examination of one particular speech Abraham Lincoln gave at the start of his second career in politics. That’s actually a very incomplete description. This book is much more about all the history surrounding[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…