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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Theories of Flight by Simon Morden My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the second book in a three book series and I loved the first book so much, I had to get the next two. However, this one wasn't quite as good as the first one, in my opinion. Still, it was pretty …
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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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On Basilisk Station by David Weber My rating: 4 of 5 stars Flawed, but entertaining. Honor Harrington, newly-promoted Captain in the Queen’s Royal Manticoran Navy, has taken command of her first space cruiser, Fearless, and she is elated. She's worked for this moment for years. Unfortunately, an enemy has seen to it that she and …
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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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