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The Long View: The Domination

I consider Stirling one of my favorite authors, but I could never get into this one. The premise is pretty interesting, it was the execution that put me off. The Draka society is truly horrible, and described in detail, but also this series of novels, like the Island in the

Last Call Book Review

Last Call Book Review

Last Call by Tim Powers Perennial 2003 $15.95; 535 pages ISBN 038072846X Last Call [Amazon link] is one of my all time favorite books. I can return to this book again and again, and find something different in it each time. According to LibraryThing, the last time I read

Thrawn Book Review

Thrawn by Timothy Zahn Del Rey, 2017 $28.99; 427 pages ISBN 9780425287071 This was everything I ever wanted out of a Star Wars novel. Timothy Zahn's Heir to the Empire Trilogy was my introduction to Star Wars novels. If this had to be the last one I

Linkfest 2017-04-21

* How Is An Emergency Room Like A Monkey Wrench? Depending on you do the accounting, emergency rooms aren't the most expensive way to get care. * LIBERALISM'S FUTURE If you combine this essay from 2016 by Rusty Reno, editor of First Things, with this 2017 article by

Ice, Iron, and Gold Book Review

Ice, Iron, and Gold by S. M. Stirling Nightshade Books, 2007 ISBN: 9781597801157 $6.70; 256 pages Stirling has written some of my favorite books. He co-authored The Prince with Jerry Pournelle, and also wrote some short fiction in the War World series. I tried to read the Draka series,

Linkfest 2016-12-23

IT Jobs Explained I'm sure this applies to more than just IT. How a Pen and Paper RPG Brought 'Star Wars' Back From the Dead A more detailed look at the way West End Games' Star Wars RPG set the stage for everything we have

Thrawn Trilogy Book Review

Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn Bantam Spectra, 1992 $5.99; 404 pages ISBN 0-553-29612-4 Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn Bantam Spectra, 1993 $5.99; 439 pages ISBN 978-0-553-56071-8 The Last Command by Timothy Zahn Bantam Spectra, 1994 $5.99; 467 pages ISBN 0-553-56492-7 Outside of the original