So, I’ve been behind on my reviews of the Peter Grant novels (having only done a review of the first book – released in the US as Midnight Riot and the second novel, Moon Over Soho), so I’m going to do something of a blanket review of the first 7 novels, which effectively make up one massive story arc, which I’m going to call “The Faceless Man Arc”.
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Darksaber by Kevin J. Anderson: Book Review
After Callista was introduced in Children of the Jedi, unlike other characters who were love interests of Luke, she was not forgotten by other authors, with Kevin J. Anderson’s novel Darksaber.
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Legends of the Force Part 32: Children of the Jedi
This month I’m returning to Star Wars novels with the first appearance of Callista, with the novel “Children of the Jedi” by Barbara Hambly
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Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly: Book Review
There were a couple more Star Wars Novels in 1995, with the first two Callista novels, starting with Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly.
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Book Review: Boogiepop Omnibus 1
In time for the conclusion of the new Boogiepop anime series, I have a review of the first omnibus volume of the Boogiepop novels from Seven Seas.
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Book Review: Legends of the Galactic Heroes – Book 8
This week I’ve got a vlog on the 8th book in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series of novels.
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Book Review: Dungeons & Dragons – Art & Arcana
This week I have a review of an art book covering the history of Dungeons & Dragons from the start of the game to now.
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Legends of the Force: Part XXVIII – Young Jedi Knights, Jedi Shadow
This month I have an omnibus of the first 3 Young Jedi Knights novellas.
Book Review: Young Jedi Knights – Jedi Shadow
I’m almost done with the Star Wars novels in 1995 with the first three Young Jedi Knights novels, which were collected together as an omnibus under the title Jedi Shadow.
RPG Book Review: Dungeoneer’s Survival Guide
Oriental Adventures was a sourcebook for AD&D 1st edition that sort of re-imagined and re-interpreted the game to fit a setting inspired by various stripes of Asian cinema, with varying degrees of success. However, two things that book did moderately well was to present a setting in microcosm that used the mechanics and the book’s non-weapon proficiency system. What it didn’t do well was to create classes and races that were conducive for adventuring, and it didn’t create a setting that a standard adventuring party could be inserted into.
Legends of the Force Part XXVII: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
I’ve got a short story collection this month.
Book Review: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
I’m continuing to make my way through 1995 in Star Wars with the first collection of Star Wars short fiction.
Book Review: The Vinyl Detective Trilogy
This week I’ve got a review of a trio of mystery novels, from a former Doctor Who writer. Continue reading
Book Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes – Book 7, Tempest
This week we have the latest installment of Legend of the Galactic Heroes, as Yang Wen-Li’s burgeoning rebellion tries to find its footing. Continue reading
Book Review: The Vinyl Detective – Victory Disc
With the past two installments of the Vinyl Detective series, we’ve had an exploration of vinyl collecting along with the Jazz music industry of the 1930s-50s, and a focus on collecting singles combined with an exploration of the psychedelic rock scene of the 1960s-70s in the UK. This basically leaves one last major type of record album to cover – 78 rpm shellac records, and wartime jazz music. Continue reading
Book Review: The Run-Out Groove
The Vinyl Detective was an interesting launch to a mystery series, with a mystery novel steeped heavily in 1940-50s jazz music, and in record collecting. The question to a book like that is how do you follow a work like that up and keep the framework fresh? Continue reading
We return to the Star Wars novels with a fairly underrated trilogy. Continue reading
This week I’m reviewing Of Dice and Men, a personal and general overview of the history of role-playing. Continue reading
I’m continuing with the Tabletop related books in honor of GenCon this week, with the first novel in the Dragonlance series. Continue reading
This week, in honor of GenCon being this month, I’m starting off a short series video of reviews of books based on tabletop games. First off is an adaptation of the plot of one of the earliest sets of Magic: the Gathering. Continue reading
Book Review: The Corellian Trilogy – Part 3 – Showdown at Centerpoint
I now come to the conclusion of the Corellian Trilogy as we get to the bottom of events in the villain’s plan. Continue reading
This week I’m taking a look at book 6 of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series, as the status quo changes once again. Continue reading
Book Review: Six Wakes
Man, this is the year for really interesting SF murder mysteries getting nominated for the Hugo awards. In The Best Novella category there’s “Then There Was (N-One)” – and in Best Novel, we have Six Wakes from Mur Lafferty. Continue reading
Book Review: The Vinyl Detective – Written in Dead Wax
Back when I was in Middle School, I discovered the Lovejoy Mysteries, first through the TV series and then through the novels. However, some aspects of the books, such as Lovejoy’s attitude towards women, have aged poorly. So, while I enjoy going back to the books (and I should get around to reading them at some point in the future), they are kind of hard to recommend. Continue reading