Old Nathan: Old Nathan
 Completely different from anything else Drake has written: This collection of related short stories is completely different in tone, topic, and style from anything else that David Drake has written. Nathan was not yet 20 years old when he fought in the [... more]
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Endless Blue
Thought Provoking Adventure: Wen Spencer's eighth novel, Endless Blue, can be read as simply a fast-paced, engaging scince fiction novel...but that misses half the fun. Under the action, well-realized characters, and thoroughly unique setting are the [... more]
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Tale of the Fox
A different Turtledove: The fox was a welcome break from recent books by Mr. Turtledove. Do not get me wrong -- I enjoy his recent alternate reality series, especially Darkness and Worldwar/Colonization. Nevertheless i was pleasantly surprised with the [... more]
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At All Costs (Honor Harrington)
Starts Slow, but Ends with a Bang: As this is book 11 of the Honor Harrington series by David Weber, this review will not dwell on the back story leading up to At All Costs - read the first 10 books to get an idea of the politics and machinations that [... more]
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Very Bad Deaths
The Perils of Telepathy: Very Bad Deaths (2004) is the first SF novel in the Russell Walker series. It is set in and about Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, during 2003, with flashbacks to the 1960s. Except for the original premise, it is more of a [... more]
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Mad Maudlin
STATUS QUO FOR THIS SERIES: MAD MAUDLIN is Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill?s latest installment in the Bard series. As such it adequately represents the series for what it is; a thoroughly average fantasy story. Although well written, the least one [... more]
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Destiny's Forge: A Man-Kzin Wars Novel
This Book is Great!: I wouldn't normally spend time writing a review unless a book was either great or awful. "Destiny's Forge" is terrific. When I first read Larry Niven's "Ringworld" I kept thinking, "How does he think this [... more]
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Catastrophes, Chaos & Convolutions
great nonfiction & fiction: This is the first book by James P. Hogan that I've read and I'll certainly read more. It contains a fascinating nonfiction article on plasma physics and the sun ("The Cosmic Power Grid") that builds upon the work [... more]
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Grantville Gazette II (The Assiti Shards) (v. 2)
Does Not Add Much to the Franchise: This collection of stories from the RING OF FIRE franchise does not add too much value to the franchise. It is a collection of shorts plus a couple of "fact" articles set in the 163n framework. They hold [... more]
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Bridge of the Separator (Videssos)
Why???: Unless you are so engrossed in Videssos that you have to know all the thoughts rumbling in Turtledove's mind as to why things are what they are in the books he wrote previously. Don't read this book. As said in other reviews, it is backstory. [... more]
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1634: The Galileo Affair (The Assiti Shards)
Religions to the fore!: This is the first-published "1634" novel in the "Ring of Fire" epic Alternate History being conducted by young Eric Flint. It follows on the brilliant initial "1632" and sequel "1633" novels. [... more]
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Kildar (Paladin of Shadows Book 2)
A great dissapointment: When I can figure out which John Ringo book goes with what series and in what order I'll buy it. Any of John Ringo's books were a must read right up until I read Kildar. This was the first of the "Ghost" series books [... more]
$7.99
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