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Hacking Galileo Book Review

Hacking Galileo Book Review

Hacking Galileo by Fenton Wood is many things: an adventure, a lament for an age now lost, even a manual for subverting obsolete technology. This book is for the adults who once were the spergy GenX and GenY kids who are the stars of this book. The kids who built

The age at which we do our greatest work

The age at which we do our greatest work

John J. Reilly was born in 1954. He wrote Spengler's Future in 1992, and published it in 1993. He was thus 38 or 39 when he started to produce his characteristic works. John continued to write up until his death at the age of 58, a writing career

The Gemini Man Kickstarter is Live!

The Gemini Man Kickstarter is Live!

This is a good week for adventure fiction writers. Friend of the blog JD Cowan has launched a Kickstarter to complete publication of his Gemini Man series. I reviewed the first book, Gemini Warrior, in 2019. Gemini Warrior is set in a shared literary universe, Heroes Unleashed, and one of

Hacking Galileo by Fenton Wood

Hacking Galileo by Fenton Wood

Friend of the blog and author Fenton Wood has a new book out today, Hacking Galileo. I'll have a review up soon, as I enjoy Fenton's work immensely. A story untold for over 30 years... Teenage hacker Roger O. Miller made national headlines when he was

Savage Headhunters Book Review

Savage Headhunters Book Review

Savage Headhunters by J. Manfred Weichsel may be his most horrible book yet. Given that previous books have involved cross-breeding humans and chimpanzees, angels lusting after human women, and the sexual perversity of Hollywood, this is quite an accomplishment. The target of Weichsel's satire in Savage Headhunters is

The Alchemy of Treason: The Lost Book 5

The Alchemy of Treason: The Lost Book 5

In the land of ice and monsters, there is nothing mundane about treachery. Eternal consequences flow from mundane actions.

Never Shall I Fail: Forgotten Ruin Book 7

Never Shall I Fail: Forgotten Ruin Book 7

Just in case you didn’t get enough of Rangers battling for control of Sustagul in the last book, Never Shall I Fail chronicles the second battle of Sustagul. But this time, we see things in a different way, insofar as Talker has to learn to see things in a different way.