Review: Sword of the Bright Lady by M.C. Planck

Christopher Sinclair wakes from an interesting dream into a more interesting dilemma. He is in an alternate reality, a world eerily similar and yet markedly different to ours. The sleepy village he finds himself in appears to be stuck in the medieval age, but for certain marvels. This ‘magic’, apportioned by a substance known asContinueContinue reading “Review: Sword of the Bright Lady by M.C. Planck”

Review: The Furnace by Timothy S. Johnston

Floating in space between the sun and Mercury, Lieutenant Kyle Tanner has only sixteen hours of oxygen left and not enough acceleration to get anywhere useful. Worse, his radiation shielding is toast. He’s dying. But before he goes, he has a story to tell. Dispatched to the SOLEX One facility between Mercury and Sol toContinueContinue reading “Review: The Furnace by Timothy S. Johnston”

Review: The Savior by Tony Daniel and David Drake

Many of us talk to ourselves and consider ourselves lucky if the voices in our head don’t talk back. Major Abel Dashian relies on the fact his voices will talk back, offering information, projection, strategy and advice. His voices have names, too. Center is a computer intelligence and Raj Whitehall is a stored personality. Together,ContinueContinue reading “Review: The Savior by Tony Daniel and David Drake”

Summer Movies

This summer has been the busiest in years, so I haven’t been to the movies as often as I would like. After hearing friends’ reviews of some films on my list, that might not be a bad thing. But, summer is the season for the sort of movie I like: Big, noisy and colourful. SummerContinueContinue reading “Summer Movies”

Review: Trial by Fire (Tales of the Terran Republic #2) by Charles E. Gannon

Trial By Fire is a big book. Six hundred and forty pages big. It’s chewy and complicated. Somewhere near the end, I decided the plot was something like a game of chess. Every page and every point of view represented a move and might hide a clue to next six moves planned by that player.ContinueContinue reading “Review: Trial by Fire (Tales of the Terran Republic #2) by Charles E. Gannon”