Alexander Napoleon (“Nap”) Outland is the captain of the Space Vessel 3369 – or, the “69” for short.  He’s the best pilot in the galaxy, according to the book blurb.  So is he captain, or pilot?  Both?  He’s also a pirate and smuggler and he’s left a string of women throughout the galaxy both loving and Continue reading

John Scalzi’s Dispatcher series is a fun, fast-paced, pulp-style scifi adventure series.  The basic premise is that sometime, not too long ago, something happened (no one knows what or why – that’s not important) so that 99.9% of the people who are murdered come back to life, naked, in the place they feel most comfortable Continue reading

Regular readers of my reviews will know that I have an affinity for the old pulps and pulp fiction.  Is there a better-known example of the pulps than The Shadow? I’ve listened to many of the old radio shows and back in the 1970’s I read a number of the ‘Maxwell Grant’ penned books so Continue reading

I’ve done it again.  I’ve picked up the third book in a trilogy without having read the previous books in the series.  Sometimes it doesn’t matter too much but in this case I think it was probably vital to have the background of the previous books. Not only am I coming in at the end Continue reading