Storm Force by Chris Bunch My rating: 4 of 5 stars I thoroughly enjoyed this third book in the Last Legion series and feel like it's good enough to give it five stars generally, but I'm not. Because it's military sci fi and I feel like David Weber is the gold standard by which all …
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A Review of Robot Blues
Robot Blues by Margaret Weis My rating: 2 of 5 stars This has to be one of the more annoying and depressingly unfulfilling sci fi mercenary books I've recently read. And it had so much promise! Mag Force 7 is a mercenary outfit headed by Xris Cyborg, a cyborg (original, eh?), and manned by a …
A Review of Foundation and Earth
Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov My rating: 1 of 5 stars If you’ve been reading my reviews over the past few months, you’ve seen my reviews of Asimov’s Foundation books. I finally read the hugely known and loved Foundation trilogy and was not impressed. I thought the first book was poorly written, I thought …
A Review of Nightfall
Nightfall by Isaac Asimov My rating: 4 of 5 stars Originally a fantastic short story written in 1941, the expanded novel, Nightfall, tells the story of the planet Kalgash, surrounded by six suns, with between two and four simultaneously in the sky, where one is always accustomed to light, and what happens to it when …
A Review of Star Risk Ltd.
Star Risk Ltd. by Chris Bunch My rating: 4 of 5 stars I first found Chris Bunch when I stumbled across his Last Legion series, of which I’ve now read the first two and of which I’ve enjoyed immensely. So I had no qualms about picking this book up. And I’ve got to say, I …
