Tag Archives: cold war
100 Fathoms Below
Tomorrow is the deadline to nominate for the Planetary Awards, so I’m making my nomination for best novel of 2018 tonight, and I’ll try to do a short story nomination tomorrow. If I had to nominate the book which I had the most fun reading, I’d nominate Monster Hunter Memoirs : Saints. But, I’m not […]
Too Many Hasselhoffs
I recently received an email from Audible (my usual supplier of audiobooks) notifying me of a new release: Up Against the Wall. The book was written by David Hasselhoff, and the audio version was narrated by David Hasselhoff. Nothing too strange there, as authors often narrate their own work if they have good voices. Things got […]
Nomination: The Pilot
It’s getting close to the February 14th deadline for Planetary Awards nominations, so it’s time I threw my short story candidate into the ring. Well, not literally. As you’ll see below, that would be dangerous. Last month, I posted a list of short stories I was considering for nomination. I ended up choosing none of […]
Review: The Dragon in the Sea
Two nuclear missiles (2 out of 4 rating) This is my second discount audiobook by Frank Herbert, the author of Dune. In this story, the western hemisphere is at war with a not-quite-specified coalition of Asian powers that includes Russia. Britain is a nuclear wasteland. The westerners need more fossil fuel, so they’ve been drilling […]
Planetary Defense Command 