I was working the receiving department at a bookstore when this book came out. I got to see all the new books as they came in, and… Read more “Book Review Ancillary Justice”
Tag: Science
Book Review: Lallia
My favorite Dumarest of Terra novel so far, Lallia shakes things up a bit for our hero. In the previous novels, Dumarest is typically on a planet,… Read more “Book Review: Lallia”
Book Review: The Complete Carnacki, The Ghost Finder
At the turn of the 20th Century, the world was a dark and mysterious place. Hither came Thomas Carnacki, Occult Detective. William Hope Hodgson crafted a character… Read more “Book Review: The Complete Carnacki, The Ghost Finder”
Tabletop RPG Review: Space 1889
Way back in the 80s when I was a wee lad and just getting into tabletop RPGs, I used to see Space 1889 on the shelf at… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Space 1889”
Book Review: A Boy and His Bot
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”
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”
