Stellar Revolution by Stephen Goldin My rating: 4 of 5 stars In book 5 of Agents of ISIS, the wedding of Tsaritsa Natalia is the big event, but first Pias takes Eva, his fiance, to his home planet of Newforest. … Continue reading
Sanctuary Planet by Stephen Goldin My rating: 4 of 5 stars In Book 4 of the Agents of ISIS series, a problem has turned up. It seems that a number of prominent criminals have gone missing without a trace. And … Continue reading
Robot Mountain by Stephen Goldin My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a continuation of Goldin’s reworking of his previous Family D’Alembert series as a new series called Agents of ISIS. The previous series was based on an idea … Continue reading
Butterfly Stomp by Michael Warren Lucas My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a short novella that is essentially the beginning chapters of the novel Butterfly Stomp Waltz, but it is a complete story so you shouldn’t be put … Continue reading
Treacherous Moon by Stephen Goldin My rating: 2 of 5 stars This is the second book in the series, and once again it pretty closely follows the original from the previous Family D’Alembert series (see my review of Tsar Wars … Continue reading
Tsar Wars by Stephen Goldin My rating: 3 of 5 stars So, once upon a time E.E. “Doc” Smith had an idea for a series involving the Family D’Alembert and their service to an interstellar empire headed by a Tsarist … Continue reading
Louis XIV: A Royal Life by Olivier Bernier My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a good book about a remarkable man. So while it is in some respects a hagiography, there is at least some justification for that. … Continue reading
Beatles ’66: The Revolutionary Year by Steve Turner My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you are a Beatles fan, this is a fun read. 1966 was the year they did their final tour before retreating to the studio. And … Continue reading
The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World by Patrick Wyman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I first encountered Patrick Wyman from his podcast The Fall of Rome, which I highly recommend. History is a funny … Continue reading
Stop the Presses! by Robert Goldsborough My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Goldsborough Nero Wolfe books are a little controversial among serious Wolfe fans. I would never claim that they match up to Stout’s work, but I have derived … Continue reading
