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Strange Company 2: Voodoo Warfare Book Review

John Straang’s company is back, and everything is even weirder than before. It’s been twenty-five years since the Strange escaped from Crash, or Astralon, call it what you will. They limped away at sublight speeds, hoping for a better tomorrow. It didn’t come. Instead, Sergeant Orion and

Swords Against the Night: The Lost Book 4

When I wrote my review of Darkness and Stone, book 3 in Peter Nealen’s “The Lost” series, I said Nealen had done a great job wrapping it up. Nealen wrote me and let me know that there was plenty more where that came from. I still think Nealen made

With Both Hands Classics: Great Teacher Onizuka

This is the first installment of what I hope to make a regular feature here at With Both Hands, a reflection on a key work of fiction that I find myself returning to again and again that I will call With Both Hands Classics. For this inaugural edition, let’s

Vampire Hunter D Humble Bundle

Humble Bundle has a screaming deal on the Vampire Hunter D light novels by Kikuchi Hideyuki. You can pick up 29 volumes for as little as $25. I passed Vampire Hunter D over when I was younger, but I picked this up and read the first one and I’m

Linkfest 2022-10-21: What Killed the Crabs?

Some evidence is provided in this Twitter thread that changing sea ice extent lead to over-crabbing which resulted in a population crash. I enjoy that one of the spurs of this innovation is oppressive CAFE regulations. This video has been colorized, and the audio was added to match the image

Planet of the Wage Slaves by J. Manfred Weichsel

J. Manfred Weichsel has written another brutally funny satire, Planet of the Wage Slaves. It has a totally awesome 1970s style cover, which is a bit of a departure from Weichel’s typical lurid naked women cover. This brief 13,800 word book would serve as an excellent introductory piece

Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon

Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon is a now largely forgotten example of the Ruritanian romance. After the literary success of Anthony Hope’s Prisoner of Zenda, many imitators followed. Graustark was once widely known and read, and I suspect that conditions may be right for a rediscovery of this classic