The Last Castle (part two)
I did appreciate the giant "fuck you" that Vance is giving to the American Colonization Society and their ilk. At the same time though...well, the decision to have the only other alternative to that be a war of extermination between the rebel slaves and everyone else on Earth is...a choice. One that makes me reluctant to give him too much credit.
The Miracle Workers (part two)
"Bug-controlling gnome aliens vs medieval humans with the odd laser gun" is the RTS game pitch I never knew I needed.
The Miracle Workers (part one)
I'm almost a thousand words into this review, and I've only barely managed to summarize most of the background without even getting to the plot or characters yet lol.
The Dragon Masters (part two)
The greph breeding a human lineage specifically to be ridden pretty much has to be pure sadism and megalomania.
The Dragon Masters (part one)
It was easier to be original back then, when there was less science fiction and fantasy already out there on the market, but reading "The Dragon Masters" makes me feel sure that there's fertile ground still waiting to be tilled by authors with sufficient imagination.
The Medusa Chronicles: “Jupiter Within” (6.54-6.67)
This setting has potential. This story never had any.
The Medusa Chronicles: Peace Envoy (5.44-53)
Last time on The Medusa Chronicles: we destroyed Earth.
This time on The Medusa Chronicles: we destroy my investment in the story.
The Medusa Chronicles, "Encounter In the Deep," 1.6-7
I was really expecting the story to improve once we got into some action plots and high tech problem solving. I'm stunned and disappointed that it actually got worse.
The Medusa Chronicles, "Encounter In the Deep," 1.4-5
This is a story about human relationships and community written by people who have never gone outside.
The Medusa Chronicles Chapter 1: Encounter in the Deep (parts 2-3)
=So far, my verdict on this book is "wake me up when the talking chimps are back."
The Medusa Chronicles (prologue)
I'm sort of wryly amused by this being a near-utopian optimistic vision of the future, but almost everyone in it being such an asshole. Climate change reversed, ecosystems restored, humanity unified under a democratic government, colonies on Mars, but you can't go a page through it without wishing Howard really did have built-in missile launchers he could use on these twats.