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Book review: Fly Into Fire
Fly Into Fire, by Susan Jane Bigelow. 2012, Candlemark and Gleam Fly Into Fire picks up three years after Broken left off. Be forewarned that this review contains a few spoilers for the ending of Broken. Sky Ranger has spent … Continue reading
Book review: No god but God
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan. updated edition, 2011. Reza Aslan was born in Iran, and his parents fled to America with him and his younger sister in 1979, during the revolution. … Continue reading
Book review: A History of the World in Six Glasses
A History of the World in Six Glasses, Tom Standage, 2005. I often enjoy reading pop histories, especially if they have a sort of gimmick to them. In this book, Standage looks at how beverages shaped world history. He starts … Continue reading
Book review: Master and Commander
Master and Commander, Patrick O’Brian. 1970. Since I enjoy space opera, I’ve been told many times I need to read this series, since, really, space opera is a riff on the Age of Sail (in space!). After giving David Drake’s … Continue reading
Movie review: Space Battleship Yamato (2010 live action)
I imprinted on Leiji Matsumoto’s works at a very early age. I was about 5 (we only had HBO for a year), and I was watching the cartoons they showed one day. There was a kid, a space train, and … Continue reading
Book review: When the Tide Rises
When the Tide Rises, David Drake. 2008, Baen Books. This is the sixth novel in Drake’s RCN series. I haven’t read any of the previous books, but that didn’t make much difference, as far as I can tell. Perhaps I … Continue reading
Book review: 1632
1632, by Eric Flint. 2000, Baen. Available in print and at the Baen Free Library The premise behind 1632 and its sequels is that a mining town in West Virginia from the year 2000 is magically swapped with an equal-sized … Continue reading
Book review: Jump Gate Twist
Jump Gate Twist, Mark L. Van Name. Baen Books, 2010. This omnibus collects the first two Jon & Lobo books, One Jump Ahead and Slanted Jack, and two short stories, “My Sister, My Self,” and “Lobo, Actually.” The author has … Continue reading
Bull Spec issue 6 is available
It’s got my review of Germline in it. You can get the pdf here (for free or a price you choose; suggested donation of $2). I really liked the book, and I hope more people buy it and read it. … Continue reading
Movie review: Hanna
After yesterday’s review of something I didn’t like, I’ll talk about something I did like. I’d heard a little bit about this movie about a girl (Saoirse Ronan) who was raised in remote Finland to be a super killer, because … Continue reading