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I met Brad Torgersen at LTUE this year, and attended several panels he was part of. The concept of his book piqued my interest: a starfleet chaplain, stuck behind enemy lines in a war to save humanity, tries to convince … Continue reading →

I’ll cut to the chase. This is so far the best book of the Five Kingdoms series. The series revolves around Cole, a teenager from Arizona who, along with a lot of other kids from his neighborhood, is kidnapped and … Continue reading →

Every time I read a biography or history I’m surprised at just how much I didn’t know about a particular time period. You’d think I’d just get it into my head that I just don’t know much. For example, most … Continue reading →

I met C.R. Asay at LTUE this year. She’s an ex-military counter-intelligence science-fiction writer living in the Salt Lake Valley who recently had a book published by a local small publisher, “Heart of Annihilation”. She’s also a nice person and … Continue reading →

My daughter has been pressuring me to read this book ever since she read it a few weeks ago, and I finally got a gap in my schedule. I figured it would be good; Brandon Sanderson continues to improve with … Continue reading →

“Rise of Empire” is the second book in the “Riyria Revelations” series by Michael J. Sullivan, a self-published author who found considerable success, leading to contracts from major publishers. I read and reviewed the first book, “Theft of Swords” last year … Continue reading →

Over the weekend my wife and I watched “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, the recent Ben Stiller production. I don’t really see this one as a remake of the earlier Danny Kaye classic. Rather it seems as though they … Continue reading →

I’ve been hearing about Larry Correia for a few years now. He’s a self-publishing success-story who parlayed his success into not having to be a self-publishing success-story any more. He got his start in writing with a collaborative serial on … Continue reading →

“The Night Circus”, by Erin Morgenstern, is a strange book. The premise is that two sorcerors have a proxy duel by training up two children into adulthood and placing them in competition with one another. In this case the venue … Continue reading →

“Hollow World” is, by his own admission, a book Michael J. Sullivan never intended to write. He’s got plenty of fans (and work to do) in fantasy without trying to branch out and tackle science fiction. But he did, and … Continue reading →