Monthly Archives: October 2017

The Fall of Dragons Ends a Great Fantasy Series with a Bloody, Alien Bang

Posted on October 31, 2017 by H.P.

Is there anything left I can say about The Traitor Son Cycle that I haven’t already said?  After all, I have already posted reviews of the first, second, third, and fourth books, and I posted a pitch for Game of … Continue reading →

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Review of Future War: Preparing for the New Global Battlefield by Robert Latiff

Posted on October 25, 2017 by H.P.

One thing I really miss from my pre-blog days was writing reviews of non-fiction books.  I try to avoid off-topic posts on here, but I do want to write more reviews of relevant non-fiction, like the post I did on … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard, part 2

Posted on October 19, 2017 by H.P.

The mighty poets write in blood and tears And agony that, flame-like, bites and sears. They reach their mad blind hands into the night, To plumb abysses dead to human sight. Tuesday was World Mental Health Day.  When Damon Knight … Continue reading →

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Rat Queens is always at its best when it’s having fun

Posted on October 18, 2017 by H.P.

The strengths of Rat Queens is the interpersonal dynamics among the group, the dungeon crawls/monster-killing quests, and poking fun at both modern life and D&D murder hobo propensities.  Volume 4 has a lot of that, and it is all enormously … Continue reading →

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Star Wars in Concert is Worth Every Penny for Two Scenes Alone

Posted on October 16, 2017 by H.P.

So this happened… A few quick thoughts on watching Star Wars on a big screen with a full symphony orchestra providing the score: It was worth every penny for two shots alone. First, to see the Star Destroyer at the … Continue reading →

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Review of Fire with Fire by Charles Gannon

Posted on October 10, 2017 by H.P.

COMPTON CROOK AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL. NEBULA AWARD FINALIST. New Science Fiction Adventure Series! National Bestseller in trade paperback.  An agent for a spy organization uncovers an alien alliance in nearby interstellar space—an alliance that will soon involve humanity in … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard, part 1

Posted on October 5, 2017 by H.P.

Up, John Kane, the grey night’s falling; The sun’s sunk in blood and the fog comes crawling; From hillside to hill the grey wolves are calling; Will ye come, will ye come, John Kane? Tor’s Conan pastiches is no way … Continue reading →

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Review of The Walking Dead, Vol. 28: A Certain Doom by Robert Kirkman

Posted on October 4, 2017 by H.P.

I am on record with my complaints about Volume 27: The Whisperer War.  I will leave those complaints to that volume.  The setup is screwy, but what we get here—the execution?  Oh man!  Our fearless heroes survived the immediate threat … Continue reading →

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Blackwing is a Grimdark with Hope (but mostly Blood)

Posted on October 3, 2017 by H.P.

I’m not much for Grimdark.  It’s not that I’m against it, per se, but just that I haven’t limited experience with it.  I have my thoughts, but they aren’t exactly fully formed.  I say that to explain the long digression … Continue reading →

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