Book Reviews
Podcast Interview (and vid!)
I hate being on camera. But I realize what I see--namely every scar, bit of acne, bad hair, and wrinkle--is not what other people focus on. So I'm working on getting better about doing videos. So, when I did the podcast with Blasters and Blades there is also a...
A Soldier’s Duty
Author: Jean Johnson Publisher: Ace Science Fiction Year: 2011 Review: When you can see all of human existence spread out before you, and all you can see is humanity's death. What will you do to steer the events that give humanity a chance to exist? I love this...
The Technicolor Time Machine
Author: Harry Harrison Publisher: TOR Science Fiction Year: 1967 Review: When a desperate movie director stumbles upon a researcher with a real time machine, he comes up with the perfect plan – film a movie on location – in 1000 AD. This book does...
Jade Darcy and the Affair of Honor
Series: The Rehumanization of Jade Darcy Author: Stephen Goldin & Mary Mason Publisher: Signet Science Fiction Year: 1988 Review: Jade is running from her past, herself, and most of all being human. The single human on a planet full of aliens her life is knocked...
For Love of Mother-Not
Publisher: Del Rey Science Fiction Year: 1983 This is book one in a series that has a strong fan base, for obvious reasons. Flinx is an orphan bought and market and raised by a Mother Mastiff. When multiple forces converge, trying to both use and analyze him for...
Child of Saturn
Title: Child of Saturn Author: Teresa Edgerton Publisher: Ace Year Published: 1989 I've read a lot of books over the years and this one I would have gushed over talking about how much I enjoyed it. For years (and truth to be told even now) I used a variation of one of...
Castle Perilous
Title: Castle Perilous Author: John DeChanice Publisher: Ace Year Published: 1988 It had been long time since I'd read this book, decades. And the style of writing is definitely different than what we read today. No set up, no explanation, just boom in the action. The...
Wizard’s Bane
Publisher: Baen Publishing Author: Rick Cook Title: Wizard's Bane Year Published: 1989 Wizard's Bane is book one of Rick Cook's Wizardry series. The premise is a bit different. Not a chosen one, but a normal guy grabbed from our world and pulled into one...
Shards of Honor
Publisher: Baen Books Author: Lois McMaster Bujold Title: Shards of Honor Year published: 1986 Captured by the Butcher, held prisoner of honor, torn by heart and duty, Cordelia Naismith will need to choose which she loves more, home or heart. Shards of Honor is what I...
Daughter of the Brightmoon
Publisher: Ace Science Fiction Author: Lynn Abbey Title: Daughter of the Brightmoon Year published: 1979 Review: This isn't an old book, but it is one of the classic examples of sword and sorcery from the late 70's. What is more unusual is a strong female character....