Lost Civilizations: The Secret Histories and Suppressed Technologies of the Ancients by Jim Willis My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book comes at a critical time in our comprehension of our own past. Archaeological discoveries of the last ten years or so have shaken up long held doctrines and begun to precipitate a radical […]
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SciFi Roundtable Podcast
Ken Goudsward has joined the co-hosting team of the Sci-Fi Roundtable Podcast. Make sure you subscribe, as I will be on the next four episodes, plus continuing on a regular basis (though not necessarily every episode). Anyway, this is a fun discussion. Here we discuss Lost Civilizations, and upcoming episodes cover sci-fi tech, time travel […]
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Writing Sci-Fi
Writing science fiction is not always straightforward. There are many traps to be avoided and expectations to meet. (1) As a reader of sci-fi, what do you think is the biggest mistake authors in the genre make? Not having a point. Now this is not specifically a SF problem, it crops up in lots of […]
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Book Review – ALoner
ALoner by Ed Morawski My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have to say first of all that I was a bit thrown by the title and its odd capitalization, but after closer examination of the cover art with it’s 80’s retro style referencing to TV’s “A Team”, I assumed that the title itself was […]
Tales of a Nuisance Man by James Maxstadt My rating: 3 of 5 stars Tales of a Nuisance Man is lighthearted fantasy entertainment with plenty of well worn tropes that fantasy lovers look for. Overall it is well done, but the genre doesn’t do a lot for me personally. But like I said it is […]