It was a peacefully, sleepy, weekend in the lair and not much caught my eye in the news this morning*.  So today I thought I’d share my favorite web-comics.  (* anyone who has been in the service community knows better than to say that it is quiet on the radio.  That is a sure way to invite the fecal matter to impact the air circulation device.)

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Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter.  Science Fiction novel.

Dark Matter starts a bit slow and takes a while to pickup, in fact, the main story doesn’t even start until around halfway in, but once it does, it is a great read.

The story is told in 1st person, present tense.  Probably one of the hardest POV’s to write.  The writer is limited in what they ( Read more... )

In my youth, I was an avid reader.  I read a new book about every month - the school library was my usual hangout.  As I got older, I gradually read less and less - work and friends took up more of my time, I couldn’t get to the library as easily as I once could and lack of funds made buying new books difficult.  About that time, I noticed that it ( Read more... )

Larry Corriea’s Son of the Black Sword ( Read more... )

Uprooted by Naomi Novik.

I actually read this last year but never got around to putting up any comments so this is done from memory.

A nice fantasy story, it was nominated for the 2016 Hugo Awards for best novel.

A well developed plot that moves along at a good clip.  Naomi holds the reader’s attention while not burden you with too many unnecessary ( Read more... )

The first two-thirds of the book are good; good enough for me to suspend disbelief.  The last third is not.

Spoliers ahead - if you haven't read the book stop here.

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That sound you thought you heard this morning may have been my jaw hitting the desk followed by whimpering before I crawled into the back corner of my cave ( Read more... )