Dragon Ship by Sharon Lee My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sharon Lee and Steve Miller continue to please with this latest installment in the Liaden Universe series. Theo Waitley, now First Pilot on the sentient ship Bechimo, is in…
Review: Ghost Ship by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Ghost Ship by Sharon Lee My rating: 5 of 5 stars Theo Waitley has met her father’s Clan and been Seen by the Delm of Korval now, at the end of both I Dare and Saltation. She does not, however,…
Review: Aftermath by Ann Aguirre
Aftermath by Ann Aguirre My rating: 4 of 5 stars Leave it to Aguirre to take her heroine in a direction that is apparently pissing off at least half of her readers (those who expected romance). Sirantha Jax is in…
Review: Killbox by Ann Aguirre
Killbox by Ann Aguirre My rating: 5 of 5 stars Killbox won’t make any sense without reading the previous three books, and I honestly feel that I should have gone back and re-read them before starting it. I was impatient…
Review: Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth
Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blood Oath is an interesting and fairly refreshing variation on the vampire riff. Most of the current tales give us a suave, sexy predator who mesmerizes his or her…
Reviews: Various Short Stories
I just finished reading a bunch of different short stories that have been lurking in various programs on my iTouch. While they are reviewed in separate entries on GoodReads, I’m going to try to put the reviews in one blog…
Random Linkage
In lieu of a real post, which would require actual thought… New Elizabeth Bear short story: The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder Ruminations on science fiction, fantasy, etc.: Asking the Wrong Questions Dr. Horrible recast with My Little Ponies
Review: The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross My review rating: 5 of 5 starsI don’t give many 5-star ratings, but The Atrocity Archives deserves one. You may need to read it with a web browser open to look up references using…
R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke
We lost another great writer and thinker today. CNN seems to be updating their story on his death by the minute. There’s no controversy, but from the first version or two, you’d think the only thing the man had ever…
Never, Never on a Sunday
Nope, not Sunday. Mostly. Well, maybe sometimes. Damned earworm! I was trying to be Very, Very Good today as I wrapped up my assignments for the semester. Unfortunately, I got completely distracted by the fact that I hadn’t done a…