Lyon’s Pride by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is book #4 in The Tower and The Hive series, and is a pretty direct continuation of Damia’s Children with the same cast of characters. The overall plot … Continue reading
Damia’s Children by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is book #3 in The Tower and The Hive series. Damia and Afra now have brought the next generation of this talented family into being, and not a … Continue reading
Damia by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is book #2 of The Tower and The Hive series, and focuses on the most talented of the children of The Rowan, a girl named Damia. But the novel … Continue reading
The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars Anne McCaffrey first created a universe where telepathy and psychokinesis exist in her Pegasus books, and this novel is the first of a five-book series set in that same … Continue reading
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the third novel in the Dragonriders of Pern series, and it was nominated for a Hugo award and placed third in the Locus award for Best … Continue reading
Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Science Fiction aspects begin to peek though here in the second novel of the series. But the main focus is on conflict between the Oldtimers, the Dragonriders who were … Continue reading
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the first novel in a classic series, and various books in the series have own a bucketful of awards. This novel reads like a fantasy, and you think … Continue reading
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is unusual for Heinlein in that the protagonist is not one his super-competent engineer types, but instead a down-on-his-luck actor. He is shanghaied by a spaceman, and … Continue reading
The Door into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is middle-period Heinlein, which means it is very readable in contrast to some of his later stuff that is for hard-core fans only. The viewpoint … Continue reading
Works of E. E. “Doc” Smith by E.E. “Doc” Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you want to learn about Space Opera from the Golden Age, this is not a bad place to start. Smith is considered by … Continue reading
