Alt Hist by Mark Lord My rating: 3 of 5 stars The fourth issue of Alt Hist magazine features six stories of horror, history and fantasy: Restless by Dylan Fox set in the 1860s onboard a fleet of British ironclad warships steaming towards China. Kleine Menschen by Eric Jackson is a historical fantasy story setContinueContinue reading “Review: Alt Hist Issue 4”
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Review: Cut & Run (Cut & Run)
Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban, Abigail Roux (Dreamspinner Press, September 2008. Paperback, 376 pages) My rating: 3 of 5 stars As entertaining as I’d been led to expect, but this could have been a much better book. There is a decent plot and the dynamic between Ty and Zane is well portrayed. The pace hiccups,ContinueContinue reading “Review: Cut & Run (Cut & Run)”
Review: Dauntless (The Lost Fleet)
Dauntless by Jack Campbell (Ace, July 2006. Paperback, 293 pages) My rating: 4 of 5 stars John ‘Black Jack’ Geary died a hero just over a century ago. The story of his last action inspired a legend known by everyone in the Alliance Fleet. He was posthumously awarded the rank of captain and his name becameContinueContinue reading “Review: Dauntless (The Lost Fleet)”
Review: Redshirts
Redshirts by John Scalzi (TOR, July 2012. Hardcover, 317 pages) My rating: 4 of 5 stars Damn you, John Scalzi, for making me giggle helplessly at death. A quick, fun read. –+– The title of John Scalzi’s new novel, Redshirts’, is as irresistible as the premise. For those not familiar with the term ‘redshirt’ theContinueContinue reading “Review: Redshirts”
Review: No Going Back
No Going Back, by Mark L. Van Name (Baen, June 2012. Hardcover, 336 pages) I have been following the adventures of Jon Moore and his predator class assault vehicle (PCAV), Lobo, since the first novel, ‘ One Jump Ahead’. Jon is the first successful hybrid of human and nano-machine technology and Lobo is the onlyContinueContinue reading “Review: No Going Back”
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