I’ve read Jack Vance before. I know he wrote some very cool Science Fiction. Unfortunately, his Dying Earth stuff does not really click with me. Because I… Read more “Book Review: The Eyes of the Overworld”
Tag: Science Fiction
Book Review: Third From the Sun
You may remember Richard Matheson from such films as “The Last Man on Earth,” “The Omega Man,” and “I Am Legend.” Each is adapted from his fantastic,… Read more “Book Review: Third From the Sun”
Book Review: Mortal Engines
I first read Mortal Engines (and the three follow-up novels that make the Mortal Engines Quartet) by Philip Reeve, about ten years ago. They catapulted to the… Read more “Book Review: Mortal Engines”
Book Review: To Prime the Pump
This review was originally written for In the Mouth of Dorkness, back in 2012. I’d read the first John Grimes book months earlier, before I started writing… Read more “Book Review: To Prime the Pump”
Comic Review: Xenozoic
I cut my teeth on Edgar Rice Burroughs and a bunch of pulp adventure novels. Post apocalyptic futures, dinosaurs, mutants, ruined cities, swamps, underground worlds…Oh, yeah. This… Read more “Comic Review: Xenozoic”
Book Review: The Arsenal of Miracles
This review was originally written for the blog In the Mouth of Dorkness in 2016. It was among my last reviews for that site. I hadn’t read… Read more “Book Review: The Arsenal of Miracles”
Book Review: The Secret of the Lost Race
This review was originally written for In the Mouth of Dorkness, some time ago. I was diving back into classic science fiction after a fair stretch… Read more “Book Review: The Secret of the Lost Race”
Wonder Woman, Red Sonja, & a Shrink Ray
The strange evolution of Baal and the Conquest of the Sphere Where do you get your ideas? It’s a question a lot of authors are asked. Not… Read more “Wonder Woman, Red Sonja, & a Shrink Ray”
Tabletop RPG Review: The Whispering Vault
The 1990s take a lot of flack from this writer. I tuned out of the music scene, hated the fashion, didn’t like the comics, wasn’t all that… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: The Whispering Vault”
Book Review: Star Hunter
I originally wrote this review for In the Mouth of Dorkness back in early 2016. I’m always in the mood for classic science fiction. I’m thinking I… Read more “Book Review: Star Hunter”
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