A Review of Starship Eternal

Starship Eternal by M.R. Forbes My rating: 4 of 5 stars I had never heard of the author of this series until Amazon recommended him to me. I’m really glad it did. I enjoyed the hell out of this first of a five book series. I thought it was well-told, engrossing, action packed, well plotted, …

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A Review of Doomsday Book

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis My rating: 1 of 5 stars I’ve never heard of Connie Willis, the author the Doomsday Book, which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best science fiction book of the year in 1992. Apparently, she’s quite successful, having won six Nebula awards (more than any other science fiction …

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A Review of Pebble in the Sky

Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov My rating: 4 of 5 stars Pebble in the Sky is Isaac Asimov’s first published novel, published in 1950, although from what I understand, it was first serialized in the early 1930s, so it had been around in one form or another for a long time. It’s an …

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A Review of Time Scout

Time Scout by Robert Asprin My rating: 1 of 5 stars Unbelievably stupid and not remotely believable. Sometime in the future, time travel is possible, both “uptime” and downtime.” To do this, time scouts are needed to scout unknown areas and guides are needed to show tourists scouted areas such as historical Rome, Victorian England, …

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