Inside GMT Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Sitrep Hex and Violence Grumble Jones Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsIf you read up on the start of the Civil War, you will doubtless come across the fact that Lincoln ended up sneaking into Washington DC before his inauguration. This is after he is presented evidence that an attempt will[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, from the beginning, I have questions that are never answered. It’s part of a setup that is fine in it’s own right, but you do have to wonder at the biology. Teku is a fifth child. Which doesn’t seem[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The third Picard novel finishes up the initial run of prequels of the series (the fifth novel is a fourth prequel…). And it is easily the best of the lot. Following in the trend of The Last Best Hope, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been aware of this graphic novel for the last few months, and picked up a copy recently. Not having gotten a lot of graphic novels lately, it is still surprising to see good color printing, and good white paper[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fletcher Pratt is known to the SF&F community as the coauthor of the “Harold Shea” series (he did others, both with L. Sprague deCamp and alone, but those left a lasting impression). He is also known to wargamers as running[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, first, this is a bit of pulp fun, and I shouldn’t try to get too serious with it. But, I would like to know a little more about the world. It’s not Earth, nor even furry-Earth, as we have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This, or especially, the first half, feels like a dissertation paper on the origins of the Indian Mutiny. It is full of close arguing, and written out facts, figures, and references on the subject. Some of this feels repetitious, not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Basically the last in the line of Dilvish stories, this is the biggest (the others being short stories), and the most Zelazny. Not to say you can’t tell who wrote the others, but this one has the space to spread[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is identified as one of the influences on Harry Potter, and it’s easy to see parallels with the start of that series. That said, the influence is less about Platform 9 3/4, and more for the initial characters. We[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In 1988, Osprey did a four-part series on the Nineteenth Century British Army by Michael Barthorp. I’ve only read part three, but I can say that it does stand well on its own. This volume covers from after the Crimean[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…