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Empire of Bones Book Review

Empire of Bones Saga Volume 1 by Terry Mixon Yowling Cat Press (April 20, 2019) ISBN 978-1947376021 [Volume 1-3 omnibus edition] I was provided a review copy courtesy of the author. Empire of Bones is a future history space opera with a military scifi feel. I think all of those

Takeover: Part 2 Book Review

Takeover: Part 2 by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole Published 2018 by Galaxy's Edge Press In Part 1 of Takeover, Bravo Team leader Carter was lamenting his life choices as he humped dead koobs into the back of a truck. Like a lotta guys in his position, he

Dungeon Samurai Book Review

Dungeon Samurai Volume 1: Kamikaze by Cheah Kit Sun Published May 28, 2019 Dungeon Samurai is an isekai dungeon-crawler built on the principle that “amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics”. Depending on where you are coming from, that might be a lot to unpack, so let’s go through it.

The Blackcollar Book Review

The Blackcollar by Timothy Zahn DAW Books (1983) 272 pages ISBN 0-87997-843-0 While I must have read the Thrawn trilogy dozens of times, I never once dared to pick up any of the other books by Timothy Zahn I saw at the library. Would that I had! Now that I

LinkFest 2016-03-18

We've Been Measuring Inequality Wrong Lots of people forget that US tax and welfare policy is actually pretty progressive, in the fiscal sense. So you need to account for transfer payments to properly assess inequality. You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat If the United States is

Live, Die, Repeat Movie and Book Review

Directed by Doug Liman Written by Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterwork, and Hiroshi Sakurazaka Starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, and Bill Paxton All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka Haikasoru 2009 $7.99; 203 pages ISBN 978-421560878 This is one story with three titles. The original Japanese light

Boots on the Ground Book Review

The Fight to Liberate Afghanistan from Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. 2001-2002 by Dick Camp $30.00; 320 pages I receieved this book for free from LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. Boots on the Ground, as the subtitle indicates, only covers events until 2002. The book does briefly cover events