Captain Flandry, Defender of the Terran Empire by Poul Anderson, compiled by Hank Davis (2011, 591 pages) – This compilation of Flandry stories is an enthusiastic effort by Hank Davis to gather the Dominc Flandry stories into a comprehensive collection. This is the second of four Flandry collections, but, oddly enough, its first two stories (one a lengthy novella) don’t feature our well-dressed hero at all. The stories are, however, set in the same universe, and the novella does mention Dom as it deals with […]
Welcome to the (digital) Thunderdome!
I knew that I had missed something important when I saw the number of my friends on Goodreads who had read this book and loved it, and then was chastised by someone for not having read it yet once I had put it on my “to read” shelf. All right already! 🙂 It was the next book I picked up, and everyone was right: it was fantastic! I finished this book weeks ago, and I am a big jet lagged so this will be brief. […]
Beam me up, Jacob.
Is it the end or the beginning of something new ? (Read the rest of the review here.)
Dark Days Ahead for Robo and Tesladyne
I’m going to confess something about which I am deeply embarrassed. It just occurred to me today that Dr. Dinosaur represents pseudo-science. I just…I don’t know. I was enjoying the silliness so much I missed the symbolism? Anywhodles, Dr. Dinosaur is pseudo-science. He uses sciency sounding words, makes shit up, becomes defensive when challenged, refuses to admit he’s wrong, and wreaks havoc trying to prove he is smarter than science. The Atomic Robo series is clearly influenced by the Saturday Matinee Serial movies of the […]
A Steampunk Necromancer Solves a Murder
Jonathan L Howard’s second novel featuring the necromancer Johannes Cabal is set in a steampunk world. One of the things I really like about this series is that each novel is set and told in a different style, like Ray Bradbury (novel 1-Johannes Cabal the Necromancer) and HP Lovecraft (novel 3-The Fear Institute). The novel opens with Cabal unsuccessfully trying to steal a rare book containing secrets of necromancy. He manages to escape by infuriating and dueling his interrogator, then steals the identity of a […]
What are we doing?
This is a review of all three volumes of Alex + Ada. You can buy all three for about $34 USD. The review is spoiler free for all three volumes, beyond basic details of volume one. Alex + Ada is a quiet story about friendship, sacrifice, and sexy sex robots. I’ve read a thousand comics, and this series immediately moved to the top of my list. Alex is a single guy in the near future. He has an ok job and a strong, small circle […]
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