by Arthur | Nov 25, 2022 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
When reading old science fiction, it isn’t really the ‘science’ that you are shooting for (or the fiction, obviously); it is the plot, the characters, and the human themes that lie beyond the surface. Which means that some books or stories are pretty much useless once...
by Arthur | Aug 26, 2022 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
The Practice Effect is a totally cool, totally fun, and totally non-serious science fiction book with fantasy-like effects. It has one of the coolest ‘magic’ systems I have ever read. Will you like it? Well, that depends. Do you like hard sci-fi? I do, and I love it....
by Arthur | May 27, 2022 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
The Mote in God’s Eye. Jerry Pournell writes good science fiction, and Larry Niven writes good science fiction, but together they write great science fiction. This book is a clash of cultures extraordinaire. Nathan and Pournelle in this space opera invent a...
by Arthur | Jun 25, 2021 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Arthur shares another book review. This one is from the Course of Empire Series by Eric Flint… WOULD THEY DESTROY EARTH IN ORDER TO SAVE IT Conquered by the Jao twenty years ago, the Earth is shackled under alien tyranny—and threatened by the even more dangerous...
