A Review of The Green Berets

The Green Berets: The Amazing Story of the U. S. Army's Elite Special Forces Unit by Robin Moore My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love this book. I first read it many years ago in high school and it's stuck with me ever since, so when I saw it in a used bookstore, I …

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A Review of Chindi

Chindi by Jack McDevitt My rating: 5 of 5 stars Chindi is one of the best books I have ever read – ever! It’s got everything – intrigue, mystery, action, adventure, archeology, ancient alien civilizations, space ships, and in this novel, real live aliens. It’s freakin’ awesome! This is the third novel in the six …

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A Review of The Short Victorious War

The Short Victorious War by David Weber My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love Honor Harrington! She's a great character in a great series. And it's nice to have a strong female protagonist in a sci fi novel, which hasn't always been the case in this genre. In this book, "Dame" Honor is given …

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A Review of Deepsix

Deepsix by Jack McDevitt My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the second book in The Academy series and I loved it. Hutch, the space ship pilot from the first novel, is back, a number of years later, still piloting ships around for the Academy. A back plot. An earth-like planet is found and …

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A Review of Ambient

Ambient by Jack Womack My rating: 5 of 5 stars Brilliant! Ambient is a 1987 (publication date) update of A Clockwork Orange with some additional ultraviolence and a new language thrown in. The author even pays tribute to A Clockwork Orange early in the book. In this book, we follow O'Malley, a bodyguard for a …

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