New review of Software by the Kilo
A nice well written “four spider” review of my latest novel, Software by the Kilo, over at Webb Weaver. A bit of it below: I heartily enjoyed Software By The Kilo, with it’s well...
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Review on SFSignal.com of Chadbourn’s World’s End
My notes on Mark Chadbourn’s excellent first novel in his Age of Misrule trilogy, World’s End, has been published on SFSignal.com. An excerpt: There are almost as many end of world novels as there...
The Lightning Thief – Movie vs. Book
The movie The Lightning Thief, has excellent special effects (Hades in the fire and looking like an old rock musician is well done) and tells the story of Percy Jackson, half human, half Olympian...
Pirate of the Pacific (Doc Savage #19)
This is the fifth story originally published by Street and Smith. If I remember correctly, this is one of the first ones I purchased back in the late 60s or early 70s. My copy...
The Golden City by John Twelve Hawks
The Golden City is the final book in an ambitious trilogy by John Twelve Hawks, mixing a Orwellian 1984 big brother “Vast Machine”, the many worlds theory, quantum computing and martial arts. Sounds right...
Texas Driver’s License – where not to wait
Let’s just call this a public service announcement. Like many, I am not a fan of waiting, nor the English perfected fine art of “queueing”. When I had to get my Driver’s License renewed...
The Polar Treasure (Doc Savage #4)
This is the fourth story originally published by Street and Smith. Lester Dent portrays a perplexed Doc Savage, unlike the other novels. Doc is several times surprised by events, which happens rarely. In this...
Mandela + Rugby = Invictus
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eBooks for Troops – Operation eBook Drop
Smashwords is a very well done eBook site, but (no offense to its creator Mark Coker), the only reason I joined was to support Ed Patterson’s excellent program, Operation eBook Drop. I highly recommend...
Italy’s Sorrow: A Year of War 1944-1945 by James Holland
Most histories of World War II focus on North Africa, then the Sicily and Italy invasions by the Allies. But after the fall of Rome a few days before D-Day, they focus on the...