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: Space
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”
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: 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”
Book Review: The Lost Planet
Rachel Searles has created an action packed romp, like something that would fit on a shelf next to Andre Norton or Robert A. Heinlein circa 1965. A… Read more “Book Review: The Lost Planet”
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: 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”
