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Dead Six

Posted: September 19, 2011 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Larry Correia, Mike Kupari, Military SF, Techno Thriller
Dead Six

…where Mike Kupari comes in. The guy, by definition, is a complete stud. Have you seen “The Hurt Locker”? It’s about those crazy guys that go defuse bombs that are…

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A Matter Of Blood

Posted: April 20, 2011 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Sarah Pinborough, Horror
A Matter Of Blood

completely ruin the rest of the novel. Not so in this case. The ending to A MATTER OF BLOOD made it better. It was completely perfect, awesome and shocking. When…

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The Crimson Pact: Volume 4

The Crimson Pact: Volume 4

…love to see between unrelated stories, but…). All the stories are connected (in this case, through family ties), but each of them are separate, distinct, and most of all complete….

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Pharos

Posted: June 28, 2016 by Nickolas in Books that are Mediocre Meta: Guy Haley, Science Fiction, RPGs
Pharos

…first you should be fine, and I commend Haley for that. As a continuation of the Imperium Secundus subplot PHAROS does well enough. I’ve come to love the premise of…

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The Consuming Fire

Posted: November 29, 2018 by Writer Dan in Books We Love Meta: John Scalzi, Science Fiction
The Consuming Fire

…I liked that one considerably more than he did. Likely would have read it anyways, as I have issues with reading middle-series books without first reading those that have come…

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I Don’t Want to Kill You

Posted: March 29, 2011 by Steven in Books We Love Meta: Dan Wells, Horror, Young Adult
I Don’t Want to Kill You

…it was really flat compared to the rest of the novel. Essentially the dialogue is wooden, and the Pastor acts like he’s under a compulsion spell. It’s a small section…

Interview with James Lovegrove

Posted: April 13, 2012 in Interview
Interview with James Lovegrove

…would say the best way to get published is to write your damn book, make sure it’s the best damn book you could have written, and then get yourself an…

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Prince of Storms

Posted: July 7, 2010 by Shawn in Books We Like Meta: Kay Kenyon, Science Fiction
Prince of Storms

…will sway you to read it or not, or else you haven’t read any of the preceding volumes… and in that case what are you doing reading this review? It’s…

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Starship: Flagship

Posted: January 4, 2010 by Steven in Books We Like Meta: Mike Resnick, Space Opera
Starship: Flagship

…Our biggest complaint (of only a few candidates to be honest) was that this is an -or should be- impossible feat. Cole’s rogue Navy has 800 ships, against 300+ million,…

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All You Need is Kill

Posted: September 19, 2014 by Steven in Books We Like Meta: Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Military SF, Books vs. Shows
All You Need is Kill

…is better”. Thing is, that isn’t always the case. Just look at the Dexter novels vs. the TV show as an easy example. So here we are again. My comparison…