Tag Archives: Military SF

A Place For War Completes My All-Time Favorite Zombie Series

Posted on November 13, 2018 by H.P.

Daniel Humphrey’s Z-Day now-complete trilogy is awesome.  I would say it is my favorite all-time zombie series, but I haven’t read all that many zombie series.  Buy, yes, it is my favorite all-time zombie series.  And I don’t have to … Continue reading →

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A Place Called Hope is as Much Military Thriller as Zombie Apocalypse Book

Posted on November 30, 2017 by H.P.

Happy belated Thanksgiving.  If you are looking for things to be thankful for, here are a couple: Good books No zombie apocalypse (yet) If you haven’t read Daniel Humphreys’ A Place Outside the Wild, go read my review of that … 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: Cirsova vol. 3

Posted on June 22, 2017 by H.P.

When you see a new short fiction magazine like Cirsova hit the scene—one that publishes such fresh work—you have to wonder whether the editor can keep it up.  Will there be a real pipeline of quality stories, or was there … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Posted on January 26, 2017 by H.P.

Vintage SF Month is hosted by the Little Red Reviewer. The year is 1997.  Otherwise known as the “far future” for people living in 1974.  William Mandella is a bright, young physics student.  Or he was, before he got drafted … Continue reading →

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Review of Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds

Posted on June 20, 2016 by H.P.

Slow Bullets, like Perfect State, has a premise that didn’t grab me and would have kept me from reading it but for being a Hugo finalist.  In this case it wasn’t the copy but the plot descriptions from some of … Continue reading →

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Short Review Roundup – 2016 Hugo Awards edition

Posted on May 12, 2016 by H.P.

I haven’t read Ancillary Mercy or The Fifth Season yet, and I’m still reading The Aeronaut’s Windlass, but I can’t say that I’m too upset over the five Hugo Awards finalists for Best Novel.  That does not mean, though, that … Continue reading →

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Review of The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel

Posted on March 22, 2016 by H.P.

Elizabeth Bonesteel shows considerable promise in her debut.  The Cold Between is an exhilarating mélange of Space Opera, Military SF, Mystery, and Romance. The Cold Between has a killer setup.

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Review of Big Boys Don’t Cry by Tom Kratman

Posted on July 2, 2015 by H.P.

“‘Big boy here won’t cry.’  Two lies in a single sentence.  I am not a boy.  And I will cry…” Big Boys Don’t Cry is a far-future military SF told from the perspective of an AI-tank.  A 14,000 ton hover-tank … Continue reading →

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