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STAR TREK: NEW VISIONS VOL. 3 – graphic novel

STAR TREK WEEK It is the third volume in the Star Trek: New Visions graphic novel series, this one featuring comic book issues #’s 6, 7, and 8. Author and photoplay artist/manipulator John Byrne has begun to refine the process and found ways to add new characters to the stories, broadening the scope of the stories. The… Continue reading
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SPOCK, MESSIAH! – Theodore R. Cogswell and Charles A. Spano, Jr.

STAR TREK WEEK Not too long back, I re-read and reviewed the first original Star Trek novel, Spock Must Die! by James Blish, who was a recognized name to us Star Trek fans for his book adaptations of the original episodes. For those of us who couldn’t get enough Trek in our lives (remember, kids … no streaming television to watch… Continue reading
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STAR TREK: NEW VISIONS VOL. 2 – graphic novel

STAR TREK WEEK Last summer I read and reviewed the first volume in author/artist John Byrne’s Star Trek: New Visions graphic novel series. It is set up like a comic book/graphic novel but using manipulated photos from the Star Trek series (like the old ‘Fotonovel’ books) to tell new stories. In this collection, Byrne stretches… Continue reading
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RAISING HELL – Norman Spinrad

From PM Press’s Outspoken Authors series comes Norman Spinrad’s Raising Hell. The titular story (perhaps a novelette) is a humorous and biting commentary on the role of union’s in the workplace. A union organizer is sent to hell where he first organizes a strike against the working conditions and pain enforced by the devil’s demons. Constant… Continue reading
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THE MOONSTEEL CROWN – Stephen Deas

The Emperor is dead and there is chaos and catastrophe everywhere. But petty criminals Fings, Myla, and Seth don’t much care – the Emperor’s never shown any interest them, and likewise, they’ve never had much interest in the Empire – other than what they could steel in order to stay alive. Good fortune comes to… Continue reading
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BOON ON THE MOON – John Huddles

Ten year old Byron “Boon” Barnett is heading to the moon with his family and his robot, Jose Ignacio. Boon has a wild imagination and strong sense of adventure. He’ll do just about anything to sneak out of his house, away from his parents, to explore. This is constantly putting him in danger, of course, and… Continue reading
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DOORS OF SLEEP – Tim Pratt

Every time Zax Delatree falls asleep, he is taking a risk because every time Zax wakes up, he is in a new reality. He has no control over where he goes, and he has never been to the same world twice. He has to be prepared for anything – from wildly, technologically advanced worlds, to… Continue reading
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THE OUTLAWS SCARLETT & BROWNE – Jonathan Stroud

Scarlett Josephine McCain, of unknown age (but probably somewhere between 15 and 18 years old) is wanted by the militias of twenty Surviving Towns. She has robbed banks across Wessex, Mercia, and Wales. She has prospected for gold in the Menai Hills; and she killed the outlaw Black Carl Nemaides. To say that she is… Continue reading
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CHAINS OF THE HERETIC – Jeff Salyards

Chains of the Heretic is the third book in a trilogy – keeping alive my unfortunate streak of reading a later book in a series without having ever read the earlier books. Captain Braylar Killcoin and his Jackal company have been sent to help the deposed emperor Thumarr recapture the throne. There are Imperial forces, however,… Continue reading
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THE DRAGON ROUND – Stephen S. Power

Jeryon is a ship pilot. He runs a trade route and is content to maintain a low profile and do his job. But when Jeryon encounters a dragon at sea he makes the decision to fight rather than run. Among the consequences for this action is that Jeryon will face a mutiny and he and… Continue reading
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ANGEL OF THE OVERPASS – Seanan McGuire

Rose Marshall died at the age of sixteen as she was on her way to her prom. That was 60 years ago. Now she’s a Hitcher … a hitchhiking ghost who travels along the crossroads. The man who killed her was Bobby Cross – once an up-and-coming movie star who sold his soul to live… Continue reading

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