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Chevenga: the *real* story
A review of The Philosopher in Arms
Philosopher in Arms is the best serial I have read so far online. Karen has had lots of writing practice (to put it simply), and it shows in her skill both in the nuts-and-bolts of her writing and in her storytelling...
snarky spaceships are fun!
A review of Starwalker
Starwalker is the AI of a new ship, and the story starts with her waking up. However, even before she’s done booting up, she’s already got a fully loaded snark program running.
This is a light, fun scifi tale that I am breezing through...
Fun times, straight ahead!
A review of The Flying Cloud, R-505
This is an engaging, quick paced action-adventure tale set in an alt-history just post WWI. The major difference in this alt-history is that dirigibles and other forms of flying (one character keeps a hang glider handy) were never replaced by the airplane...
Slugs, absurdism, & hilarity
A review of Space Slugs
This scifi tale is a fun little romp through space and exotic planets with a hint of absurdism (think "Hithchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy"). Dr. Murray gets yet another wedding invitation/rescue note from her trouble-seeking sister Zora, and the women are promptly launched into a series of mishaps and adventures...
for a traditional fantasy "fix"...
A review of Swords and Sigils
If you couldn’t guess from the title, Swords and Sigils is a traditional sword and sorcery let’s-go-on-a-quest fantasy tale. Melkeen is an up-and-coming young wizard fighting his way up the ranks of his magical order, which is full of sneering elitism, backstabbing, subterfuge, political infighting, cynicism, etc...
principles, resistance, telepathy, & sexy elf aliens
A review of Subjugation
I have mixed feelings about this story. On one hand, I have a laundry list of dislikes about it. On the other hand, I did read through the whole novel (although I was skimming some toward the end) and I don’t regret doing so...