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sAn interesting subset of historical novels are those written by historians. Peter Green (b. 1924) is known for books on the Classical Age. I have his Alexander to Actium and The Greco-Persian Wars on my shelves. Green has written three historical novels. I have been meaning to track down and read The Sword of Pleasure […]
Avenger (Sovereign Stars #1) – Blair C. Howard Five years after physicist Mark Holder discovered the Slipstream Drive in 2058, humanity reached for the stars and began to colonize the galaxy. For centuries, humans continued to populate system after system without encountering intelligent alien life. Some twelve hundred years later, after many generations of relative […]
Sensor Sweep: Red Sonja, Titan Comics, D&D 2nd Edition
Monday , 7, November 2022 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentCinema (We’ve Got Back Issues): To put it bluntly, the road to Hollywood accepting that women can carry action movies has been as smooth as the back of a Stegasaurus with scoliosis, but as bad as things once were with such comic books movies spectacularly missing the point as Elektra and Catwoman, mismanaged female led […]
Military science fiction is a sub-genre that should be undergoing some changes due to introduced technology and weapon systems. World Breakers is an anthology Baen Books published in trade paperback in August 2021 and mass market paperback a couple months ago. Subtitled “Super-Tanks to the Stars!,” this is an anthology of new military science fiction […]
The Demon’s Eye – Jon Del Arroz A great evil has awakened. War ravages the kingdoms of Hyrum and Tyril, strange apparitions are appearing everywhere, but the worst part of it all is Jayden finds himself at the center of an ancient prophecy. He once fought for the evil Sorcerer King of Hyrum, but Jayden […]