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Dune: Part One Movie Review

Dune [Amazon link] is definitely one of my favorite novels [with interesting reservations], so I decided to check out the new film adaption by Denis Villeneuve. The short review is that I really liked this version. I've written about Dune quite a bit. As a novel, Dune is

Science Fiction and Science Fantasy

In my editorial line at With Both Hands, I’ve started to shy away from bookstore genre labels, as I have come to think that these marketing tools cramp the mind of both the reader and the writer. However, lots of people still use these terms, and in general they

Cradle book 9, Bloodline up for Pre-Order 3/23/2021

Will Wight has been on sabbatical, or break, or possibly just scamming us and typing furiously, but his team has been hard at work on social media. Today, book 9 in Wight’s popular Cradle series, Bloodline [Amazon link] goes up for pre-order on Amazon and Audible. You can check

Strange Company by Nick Cole Book Review

Strange Company by Nick Cole [Amazon link] is a trip deep into the uncanny valley where everything is at once familiar and unsettling. It is a love letter to the lost and the rejected and the broken who nonetheless have enough spirit to give the universe that screwed them over

Forgotten Ruin is Coming

Jason Anspach and Nick Cole have teamed up again to bring us Forgotten Ruin [Amazon link], a brand new series. Audible is releasing an audiobook narrated by Christopher Ryan Grant on March 1st, and if that’s not your style, ebook and paperback will be available on Amazon. I even

Fenton Wood's Yankee Republic Coming in Paperback

Author Fenton Wood is currently running a Kickstarter to bring his Yankee Republic series to paperback. I’ve reviewed Pirates of the Electromagnetic Waves and Five Million Watts, and I really need to publish my thoughts on the other volumes in the series. The Yankee Republic is a favorite of

Janissaries: Storms of Victory by Jerry Pournelle and Roland Green Book Review

Janissaries: Storms of Victory [Amazon link] by Roland Green and Jerry Pournelle is the third volume in the Janissaries series. At least until this year, it was also the last. I think Jerry and Roland did a pretty good job wrapping things up in the original three, but clearly there