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The Long View 2008-06-04: Toward the Courts of the Crimson Kings

At a request from a reader, I re-published ahead of schedule this review of S. M. Stirling’s In the Courts of the Crimson Kings a little less than a year ago, but I like it enough to re-publish it now when it comes around again. Here are a couple

Galaxy's Edge: Contracts & Terminations on Sale

The three ebooks and one short story that make up the Contracts & Terminations series are on sale for $0.99 USD on Amazon right now. Three great books for a dollar is a great deal. My basic take on the Contracts & Terminations series is that this is what

Hit & Fade: Forgotten Ruin book 2 by Nick Cole and Jason Anspach Book Review

Hit & Fade: Forgotten Ruin book 2 by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole is an even crazier ride than the first book, if such a thing is even possible. I thought the last book was intense and high-stakes, but this one tops it. This time around we’ll be looking

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

Forget Nothing by Michelle C. Meyers and Jason Anspach Book Review

Forget Nothing [Amazon link] by Michelle C. Meyers and Jason Anspach tells the backstory of Andien Broxin, a character introduced in in the very first Galaxy’s Edge novel, Legionnaire. This book has military geekery, desperate firefights, and dirty politics. You absolutely do not need to have to read all

Forgotten Ruin by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole Audiobook Review

Forgotten Ruin [Amazon link], the new audiobook by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole, narrated by Christopher Ryan Grant, is described by the authors as Tolkien meets Shock + Awe. I would describe it as a wonderful mashup of all of my favorite things in dudelit, the masculine adventure fiction that spans

Linkfest 2021-02-06: The Implied Appendix N

The Implied Appendix N I like the phrase “The Implied Appendix N” to refer to the whole corpus of pulp adventure that formed the background of modern pop culture. DIY vs. BUY BUY BUY As the history of Gary Gygax at TSR illustrates, what makes a good hobby and what