Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 4 of 5 stars I never saw the movie that came out in the 90s (or was it 2000s) and it seems like that’s a good thing. From everything I’ve heard from others it has about as much to do with this book as World War Z…

Tampa: A Novel by Alissa Nutting My rating: 3 of 5 stars I am too young to have experienced it first-hand, but for a minute there in the 70s pornography went mainstream. Everyone was talking about it. It was “in” to see it. Regular theaters (as opposed to shady sex theaters) were showing movies like…

Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan by Nick Mamatas My rating: 4 of 5 stars Got this as part of a bundle at Storybundle.com and I have to say that it was more enjoyable than I thought it would be. Frankly, some of the stories are scary in that the…

The Emperor’s Agent by Jo Graham My rating: 3 of 5 stars And so my first book of 2017 is done, although it’s a bit of a cheat as I started it at the end of 2016. I purchased this book as part of a book bundle – I think it was on StoryBundle.com. The…

CBLDF Presents: She Changed Comics by Betsy Gomez My rating: 4 of 5 stars Disclaimer: I backed the Kickstarter on this book I’d like to start off with my one big criticism of this book – not enough images! I understand why they had to do it. When you’re printing a book, each page is…

Both weirder and not as weird as you’d think

Steampunk in a modern world

A look into the world of video games journalism that isn’t quite as fictional as you’d think

Start off 2017 with some of your worst nightmares

Beautiful ending to a great trilogy

God’s War by Kameron Hurley My rating: 4 of 5 stars ““I’d rather find a call box,” Nyx said.“God does not answer the phone.” There isn’t one person among us heavy users of Goodreads who doesn’t know the truth behind taking the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover” literally. Now I have found…

The Magician King by Lev Grossman My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Well, good. don’t go digging too deep, Quentin. Don’t stir. Shit. Up.” Fogg enunciated the obscenity crisply. “Right now you have the air of somebody who thinks he knows better. Humility is a useful quality in a magician, Quentin. Magic knows better, not…

The Dispatcher by John Scalzi My rating: 5 of 5 stars Well, that was a great little read. If you were worried John Scalzi was a one-trick pony, worry no more. This thriller is a great little romp through a world in which no one dies anymore…or at least, can’t be murdered. Scalzi does a…

Star Wars: The Crimson Empire Saga by Mike Richardson My rating: 2 of 5 stars As far as Star Wars stories go, it was OK. It goes along with Dark Empire in the immediate aftermath of Return of the Jedi. Everyone’s making their power plays after Emperor Palpatine’s death. I haven’t seen Star Wars VII…