I really enjoyed Daniel H. Wilson’s non-fiction books about robots. How to Survive a Robot Uprising and Where’s My Jetpack? were both very enjoyable. So, when he… Read more “Book Review: A Boy and His Bot”
Tag: Science
Book Review: The Jester at Scar
The fifth book in E.C. Tubb’s Dumarest of Terra series finds our hero hunting dangerous but valuable mushrooms on an extreme planet infested with wild and mutating… Read more “Book Review: The Jester at Scar”
Tabletop RPG Review: A Pound of Flesh
The second expansion for Mothership, A Pound of Flesh moves away from the more supernatural vibe of Dead Planet and into the human-made horror of super-science gone… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: A Pound of Flesh”
Tabletop RPG Review: Mutant Crawl Classics
Mutant Crawl Classics takes on the classic Gamma World in much the same way Dungeon Crawl Classics took on Dungeons & Dragons. Mixing old school Mid-Century, hellzapoppin… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Mutant Crawl Classics”
Tabletop RPG Review: Dead Planet
The first expansion for Mothership takes us to some ugly places. First, we find an orbiting cloud of derelict spaceships filled with all sorts of danger. Then… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Dead Planet”
Tabletop RPG Review: Fading Suns
A favorite of mine since it first came out back in 1996 (yeah, I have a copy of the first edition, too), Fading Suns has so much… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Fading Suns”
Book Review: Crucible of War
Like any anthology, this is a mixed bag of quality. None of the stories in the book are bad, but only a couple are really good. Of… Read more “Book Review: Crucible of War”
Book Review: Consider Phlebas
I’ve heard about Iain M. Banks and his Culture novels for quite a while. They’d frequently be referenced in various Science Fiction conversations. When I’d see his… Read more “Book Review: Consider Phlebas”
Book Review: The Man of Gold
Way, way, way back when I was first scoping out tabletop role-playing games at a local shop, I remember flipping through some Tekumel book or another. Along… Read more “Book Review: The Man of Gold”
Tabletop RPG Review: Cyberpunk 2020
Cyberpunk is a subgenre that’s always appealed to me, for reasons that are often beyond me. I’m not into computers, never was. I’m not much of a… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Cyberpunk 2020”
