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The Legacy of the Iron Dragon: An Alternate History Viking Epic comes out tomorrow on Kindle

I reviewed the first book in the Saga of the Iron Dragon series, The Dream of the Iron Dragon, in January of 2018. Book 4 is coming out tomorrow, The Legacy of the Iron Dragon [Amazon link]. If you like hard scifi, alternative history, or Vikings, why don’t you

Janissaries: Clan and Crown by Jerry Pournelle and Roland Green Book Review

Janissaries: Clan and Crown [Amazon link] is the second installment in Jerry Pournelle’s long-running Janissaries series. Jerry was solo author on the first one, but this volume was co-authored with Roland Green, who somehow didn’t rate a mention on the cover in 1982. Jerry made sure he was

Books 1-3 of the Dragonback series by Timothy Zahn are on sale today

The first three volumes of Tim Zahn’s Dragonback series are on sale at Amazon today for $3.99, a good price for three enjoyable books. This particular series is targeted at young adults, but I prefer the older term juveniles. Here is what Jerry Pournelle had to say in

The Emperor Ponders the limits of description

Emperor Norton at The Emperor Ponders describes for us the four kinds of text you can write: There are four broad categories of text you can write (exposition, narration, description, and dialogue,) and descriptions are what can give more problems to a fiction or genre writer. To sum up, description

Linkfest 2020-10-30

I recently saw a listing of the bar tab from the United States Constitutional Convention, and it reminded me of this series of posts from 2012 on an attempt to drink like a colonial. There was a reason for the temperance movement. Sensor Sweep continues to provide some of the

Janissaries by Jerry Pournelle Book Review (Again)

I reviewed Janissaries [Amazon link] by Jerry Pournelle in 2011, but I am going to do so again in preparation for the fourth posthumously published volume in the series. This is another book that made a big impression on me, and I want to do it justice. First, the physical

Wintersteel by Will Wight Book Review

Just when I thought I knew what to expect from a Cradle book, that Will Wight couldn’t surprise me or ramp up the stakes anymore, Wintersteel [Amazon link] comes along to delight and astound me. And given how well sales have been, I’m clearly not the only one.