I used to like these kind of books, namely books about various blunders and mistakes in history, but I guess after this one they were all starting to become bland and boring. Okay, as an historian I am always interested in the cause and effect of certain events, but I guess I also look at a more gra...
Collection of tales following the Dinochrome Brigade as they defend a planet against a new alien threat. Starts with some older models in the opening engagements then moves up to new Mark XXXIV's.All of the stories are focused on one planet and one enemy, rather than just being a collection of short...
The Bolo is a gigantic, sentient tank, introduced by Keith Laumer in the 1976 "Bolo: The annals of the Dinochrome Brigade" (a collection of short stories).This book is in the same manner - short stories (although by different authors this time, rather than one), going "historically" from earlier mar...
The Bolo is a gigantic, sentient tank, introduced by Keith Laumer in the 1976 "Bolo: The annals of the Dinochrome Brigade" (a collection of short stories).This book is in the same manner - short stories (although by different authors this time, rather than one), going "historically" from earlier mar...
I used to really like these type of books but you end up getting to a point where accounts of people's stupidity simply cease to be a laughing matter. Mind you, one review of this book almost read like it was an advertisement – who would have thought history could be so funny? I guess the reason is ...
Shadows of the New Sun is a collection of stories inspired by Gene Wolfe's work and the author's fond memories of meeting Gene (or not).Official Business: I got this from Netgalley. Thank you, Netgalley!The authors included are Neil Gaiman, David Brin, David Drake, Nancy Kress, Timothy Zahn, Micha...
Average Rating: 3.58 starsBest Bets: 'Child of Prophecy' by Janny Wurts (4.5 stars); 'Shadamehr and the Old Wive's Tale' by Weis and Perrin (4.0 stars); and, 'Serenade' by Alan Dean Foster (3.5 stars). The most confusing story of the bunch for me was 'Afterlife of St. Vidicom of Cathode', and perh...
This is a collection of short stores all set in Atlanta's famed Dragon*Con by writers who have been PART of Dragon*Con. Having been to D*C a few times, I enjoyed that part of the concept, but the stories varied from the incredibly wonderful to the "done because they were asked while at D*C and were ...
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