Gordon A. Long
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| First: why you might want to pick up this novel. It’s a good Sci-Fi, “rebels against the empire” tale. It has likeable, believable characters, and the creative dodge is having the rebel leaders mostly women, which brings a refreshing change to the to ...more | |
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| One technique of good paranormal writing is to create a distinct magical setting with clearly defined rules. Then the author can set up an effective and believable conflict within that context. One disadvantage of the Internet is that authors have ac ...more | |
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| Since the author’s pen name means “writing” in Latin, we can be sure that’s what the book is all about. And therein lies a problem. There is a tiny subgenre of the Fantasy book world that is peopled by scholars and nerds who just love this sort of th ...more | |
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| Novelists always have an objective in mind: an idea to teach us, called their theme. But nobody listens to a philosophical rant, so writers attract our attention with a striking cover and entertain us with interesting characters, conflict and suspens ...more | |
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| This is a Sci-Fi Romance story. As the title leads us to expect, the science part of it revolves around mental interconnection, and this leads to a few passionate scenes. However, they concentrate on the emotions in a tasteful way, a pleasant departu ...more | |
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| This novel is about the conspiracy theory to end all conspiracy theories. What if there really was a secret cabal controlling the world, but they lost control of the system, and it started controlling its creators? The only chance humans have to hold ...more | |
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| One of the fun parts about Science Fiction is watching the author create a technology and society that is beyond ours, manipulating the situation and including details that help us believe that it really might work. This requires the author to do a g ...more | |
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| This book is Multiple Universe Sci-Fi for the Young Adult market, which is handled quite well, with one exception I will discuss later. Clara, the main character, is quite typical of the genre: an orphan (in this case well off,) and a bit of a geek w ...more | |
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| This is an interesting novel to review, because it is an almost-perfect example of the Military Action genre. Except for the technical level of the weaponry, this story could have been written about the Marine Corps in any conflict since WWII. The en ...more | |
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