Star Corps by Ian Douglas My rating: 1 of 5 stars I'm not sure what it was about this book, but I just couldn't get into it. I tried for several days, reading 20-30 pages a day and just being bored and frustrated. Frankly, I thought the premise was dumb. I guess that's the basic …
Tag: sci fi
A Review of Forward The Foundation
Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov My rating: 5 of 5 stars Forward the Foundation is the second prequel to the Foundation Trilogy, yet the seventh and last book written in the series, literally right before Asimov’s death decades after he wrote the original trilogy. And I think it’s genius. Let me provide some perspective. …
A Review of The Shadow of Saganami
The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Shadow of Saganami is an Honorverse spinoff of the brilliant Honor Harrington series that I really didn’t want to start reading, but I had been reading so much about the several sub-series’ spinoffs and how they elaborate on key plot elements, …
A Review of The Doublecross Program
The Doublecross Program by Chris Bunch My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was somewhat disappointed with this book and that surprised me. I really like Chris Bunch and I really liked the first two books of this Star Risk, Ltd. series, so when this one seemed to be sub-standard, it was a real surprise …
A Review of The Infinite Battle
The Infinite Battle by David Bischoff My rating: 1 of 5 stars I couldn't finish it. I couldn't even ever get into it. It just seemed a little too forced, a little too '80s, a little too Battlestar Gallactica, a little too dorky to me. It's like the author was trying too hard to be …
