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May 9, 2020
Harmony Lost Reviewed!
Harmony Lost received its first review today! Thank you Kari for reading and reviewing and for your kind words.
May 5, 2020
Space Vikings! The Raidships by A.D. Wynterhawk, a Review
Pros: Action packed plot. Vivid, cinematic prose. Possible Cons: High graphic index (violence). Low to medium graphic index (sex) but much unpleasantness implied, including non-consensual and abusive gay relationships. In The Raidships, Mercenaries from Valkra brutally attack Whit’s peaceful village on Alesia. He’s enslaved and transported to a cold, cruel world rife with violence and … Continue reading Space Vikings! The Raidships by A.D. Wynterhawk, a Review
iRomance by Darrell B. Nelson, a Review
iROMANCE When mild mannered accountant Otis receives a stray text from an old friend, he’s pulled into a world of technological and industrial intrigue. Turns out, the old friend has been brutally murdered, and conveniently, just as he receives this mysterious text, he encounters the highly competent and well informed Cynthia. Now, when Cynthia entered … Continue reading iRomance by Darrell B. Nelson, a Review
April 23, 2020
Harmony Lost Goes Free! (4/23-4/25)
Harmony Lost should be available today as a free book on Amazon. (It’s also on Kindle Unlimited). The free promotion will last 3 days. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0854B45J6/ Harmony Lost is character based soft science fiction with a romantic subplot. Pam wakes up just outside of London in 1970 and finds herself married to a wanna be rock … Continue reading Harmony Lost Goes Free! (4/23-4/25)
April 1, 2020
North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud, a Review
Pros: Masterful descriptions and characterisations. Haunting language. Possible Cons: Open-ended story telling. This book is horror (various unpleasantries occur). Whilst floundering in Internet quicksand, I stuck a foot into North American Lake Monsters: stories by Nathan Ballingrud. I clicked on the sample thinking the book described legends of “real” monsters, curious, having never heard of … Continue reading North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud, a Review
March 2, 2020
Harmony Lost: Now Available
If light science fiction/fantasy with a dash of humor and romance is “your thing,” you might enjoy Harmony Lost. In 1969 London, rock and rollers swing hard. So finding a mini-skirted young woman unconscious in an alley comes as no surprise. But unlike the usual drug-addled head-case, Pam wakes with almost no memory and an … Continue reading Harmony Lost: Now Available
February 26, 2020
The Portable Door by Tom Holt, A Review.
Pros: Very funny, priceless witticisms. Possible Cons: Only for those ready to suspend disbelief from a flagpole. Valuable Lesson: Don’t stress too much over cover art. Finding comparable works to Harmony Lost was no easy task; the tale is a mixture: a dash of Sci Fi, alternate reality, an atypical romance, a struggle to the … Continue reading The Portable Door by Tom Holt, A Review.
February 5, 2020
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller, a Review
Pros: Intricately imagined world. Timely themes. Much wisdom. Possible Cons: Suspension of disbelief mandatory. Many informational passages, characters and indefinite nouns. Tell/Show Ratio – high Graphic Index Sex – low Graphic Index Violence – medium World Building – excellent Internal Veracity – medium Science fiction novels often magnify current societal concerns. The opening quote from … Continue reading Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller, a Review
January 7, 2020
Grass by Sheri Tepper, a Review
(You can’t melt a frozen heart with anger) Pros: Lovely prose. Fabulous world building. Engaging plot with mystery, peril and hope. Deep themes including population control, religious hypocrisy and societal constraints, the human-animal connection. Fine characterizations including a portrayal of a failed marriage, and an intriguing protagonist. Characters act from in response to well-depicted psychological … Continue reading Grass by Sheri Tepper, a Review
December 12, 2019
Battlestar Suburbia by Chris McCullen, a Review
(Marginalized humans undermine the dominance of machines with the help of a sentient breadmaker and a hair salon.) Pros: Clever set up, an interesting character, brilliant machine-world psychology. Possible Cons: Probably not the book for those unable to suspend disbelief or those who like their dystopias grim and sincere. Battlestar Suburbia begins as the story … Continue reading Battlestar Suburbia by Chris McCullen, a Review
