I needed a short break from HB, so I picked up this audiobook. CDR Jadick did two turns as a military officer; first, he started as a Marine communications officer (which came in handy later on his is career), then he left for medical school, then returned to the Navy as a DO. He went on one less th...
Disclaimer: I am not a Jimi Hendrix fan. I know, and like, the same 4 songs that everyone knows, and I'd probably recognize him on a few others, but I don't own or go out of my way to listen to any of them. I was still watching Sesame Street and singing along with Mr. Rogers during the few short yea...
Originally posted at The BibliosanctumA shadowy curse hangs over the royal family of Chalion and it falls to a broken man to save them from the curse and the political viper pit that threatens to bring them down.I fell in love with Cazaril not long after he was introduced. When he first appears, he ...
Not bad at all! This is a lengthy book, the story is well developed, as are the characters. It's probably not to everyone's taste, though, as a lot of nation-building and politicking goes on. There are peaks and valleys in the action, and there's a lot of "talk-talk" that takes place. Still, a r...
9/2012 Fun to revisit this just as election season gets underway in the US. Makes me want to print up a TANSTAAFL! flag of my own. Brilliant with pockets of misogyny.8/2011 The story is every bit as good as I remembered. I think that Heinlein had a huge impact when I was forming my own political op...