The ninth book in the Dumarest of Terra series, this volume both defies expectations and functions as a minor reset for the story. E.C. Tubb managed, at… Read more “Book Review: Mayenne”
Tag: Science
Tabletop RPG Review: Gradient Descent
Mothership is a game with a ton of potential that has already gained a lot of fans. I don’t know, ultimately, if it’s for me. However, the… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Gradient Descent”
Book Review: The Truth About Lies
By turns fascinating and depressing, Aja Raden’s book explores lies and subterfuge from biological to sociological. Animals survive because they camouflage themselves as other things and humans… Read more “Book Review: The Truth About Lies”
Book Review: Neuromancer
There’s something about Cyberpunk. Since I was a fairly young kid, something about the spirit and the aesthetic always resonated with me. Films, video games, TV series,… Read more “Book Review: Neuromancer”
Book Review: David Falkayn: Star Trader
Straddling the border between Space Opera and Hard Science Fiction comes Poul Anderson’s Technic Civilization. This second volume is made up of five novellas, a novel, and… Read more “Book Review: David Falkayn: Star Trader”
Book Review: Washington Black
I’ll admit, I was kinda hornswoggled into reading this book. I saw it sitting on the shelf, found the cover art appealing, and read some of the… Read more “Book Review: Washington Black”
Tabletop RPG Review: At Your Door
This is the third Cthulhu Now (Call of Cthulhu set in the 1990s) book I’ve read and it’s definitely the best. It’s the first one that actually… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: At Your Door”
Tabletop RPG Review: A Resection of Time
This is either twice as much as it should be, or half as much. It’s another Cthulhu Now, 1990s-set scenario for Call of Cthulhu that doesn’t feel… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: A Resection of Time”
Tabletop RPG Review: 2300AD
I’m a big Science Fiction fan. It’s my preferred genre of film, book, video game, comic, and tabletop RPG. So, it’s kind of weird that in all… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: 2300AD”
Tabletop RPG Review: Maximum Apocalypse
My thanks to the folks at Rock Manor Games for providing me with a review PDF of the Core Rulebook from their upcoming Kickstarter. This is… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Maximum Apocalypse”
Matthew J. Constantine 