John Maddox Roberts’ “The Islander.”
The first volume of John Maddox Roberts’ Stormlands series, The Islander, doesn’t read like a 380 page book. I had to slow down, pace myself,
May 11, 2025
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Imaro Ascends to the Pantheon
Charles Saunders’ sword-and-sorcery hero Imaro has been around for years, for most of my lifetime in fact. I’ve been aware of the character, encountering him
May 4, 2025
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Triplanetary: Cosmic Space Opera
E.E. “Doc” Smith is noted for his creation of the Lensman series. Some credit these books as the wellspring from which flow such science-fictional organizations
April 27, 2025
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“The Eagle of the Ninth” Still Flies.
Rosemary Sutcliff had vision. Not only did she have vision, but she could share it with her readers. She could immerse us in detail, not
April 20, 2025
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Harold Lamb’s “Alexander of Macedon.”
Without really meaning to I’ve become relatively familiar with the life and doings of Alexander the Great. He — whether as a main character or
April 13, 2025
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Two-Fer Sci-Fi Retro-Reviews
It can be hard to sense the zeitgeist of an era while you are experiencing it, the spirit of decade you are living through, for
April 6, 2025
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Mary Stewart’s The Crystal Cave Re-Read Part III: The Last Enchantment
The third book of the Crystal Cave trilogy, The Last Enchantment, swings along pretty fast. I believe it is the shortest of the trilogy. The
March 30, 2025
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Mary Stewart’s The Merlin Trilogy Re-Read Part II: The Hollow Hills
Given the nature of telling a well-known story through the eyes of a character with foreknowledge, it is unsurprising that The Hollow Hills is generally
March 16, 2025
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The Merlin Trilogy Reread Part I: The Crystal Cave
I picked up this collected edition of Mary Stewart’s Merlin Trilogy only in part because of the oddly endearing, but perhaps misleading Hildebrandt Bros. cover.
February 23, 2025
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