Tag Archives: kindle ebooks

Star Soldier: Doom Star, Book 1

Hard SF is hard to find these days. This is the real deal. We learn how much more radiation one is exposed to on one side of Mercury#39;s orbit vs. the other in the first few pages, for example. But it isn#39;t all technobabble, the characters are very human and having a very hard time of it. What#39;s even more unusual about this book is it#39;s military Hard SF, even more rare. We are taken into a grim, not-so-distant future where Earth is in the hands of a single political party and those wh

Read the rest here:
Star Soldier: Doom Star, Book 1

Star Soldier: Doom Star, Book 1

Hard SF is hard to find these days. This is the real deal. We learn how much more radiation one is exposed to on one side of Mercury#39;s orbit vs. the other in the first few pages, for example. But it isn#39;t all technobabble, the characters are very human and having a very hard time of it. What#39;s even more unusual about this book is it#39;s military Hard SF, even more rare. We are taken into a grim, not-so-distant future where Earth is in the hands of a single political party and those wh

Read more here:
Star Soldier: Doom Star, Book 1

Designated Targets: Axis of Time, Book 2

_Designated Targets_ by John Birmingham is the excellent follow up to his earlier alternate history science fiction novel, _Weapons of Choice_, a novel that began with the basic premise that a U.S.-led multinational naval task force from the 21st century is accidentally and suddenly transported to the Pacific right in the middle of the Battle of Midway. As most of this fleet came into the possession of the Allied countries (basically the United States), one might think that the advanced weap

Read more from the original source:
Designated Targets: Axis of Time, Book 2

World War Z: The Complete Edition Review

I was one of many who heard about Max Brooks#39; satirical guide book The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead. Being a huge fan of George A. Romero#39;s Dead series of films and just the zombie subgenre in general, I was intrigued by the release of this guidebook. From the first page to the last I was impressed, entertained, and hooked on Brooks#39; serio-comic take on how to survive a zombie outbreak. One section of the book which really caught my interest and has re

The rest is here:
World War Z: The Complete Edition Review

World War Z: The Complete Edition Review

I was one of many who heard about Max Brooks#39; satirical guide book The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead. Being a huge fan of George A. Romero#39;s Dead series of films and just the zombie subgenre in general, I was intrigued by the release of this guidebook. From the first page to the last I was impressed, entertained, and hooked on Brooks#39; serio-comic take on how to survive a zombie outbreak. One section of the book which really caught my interest and has re

See the original post here:
World War Z: The Complete Edition Review