I came across this in a hotel room, and surprised myself by reading it straight through :)A thoroughly *fun* fantasy novel. It is actually the second of two books - I haven't read the first, though I'll have to keep an eye out for it. In the first a US soldier ends up in the alternate reality of ...
This was a far better fantasy than I recalled. It's really held up well & had all the elements needed to make it an excellent one; action, romance, & excellent attention to the realities of war, although the hyperbole factor was quite high. The best fighters were also the rulers, so they tended...
In this, Daley's third installment of the "Adventures of Hobart Floyt and Alacrity Fitzhugh" (following _Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds_ and _Jinx on a Terran Inheritance_), we go beyond the scope of the original books into the past of Alacrity Fitzhugh--including his real name, his "Captain's Sid...
The novels of Star Wars: The Han Solo Adventures capture the spirit of serial pulp novels, true to the retro adventure story feel of the Classic Trilogy. These novels must be considered Classic Star Wars themselves, published as they were between 1979 and 1980. And they are deserving of reading d...
Han made a sour face. “I happen to like to shoot first. As opposed to shooting second.”Taking my niece and nephew to Walt Disney’s Star Wars weekend gave me the itch for a bit more of George Lucas’s universe and, eschewing the more modern material (much of which I have already read), I decided ...
Minor Terran bureaucrat, Hobart Floyt, has been left a mysterious inheritance by the ruler of an empire located many light-years away. Earth's government is broke and its functionaries want Floyt to collect the money. To make sure he succeeds, they blackmail a brash young spacer named Alacrity Fi...
Another delightfully random sub shop selection - I came to learn that the author of this text was perhaps more famous for his work in the Star Wars universe, cranking out Han Solo books and radio adaptations of the original films. He also has Tron in his credits!This adventure focuses on dual pr...
At the Center of Crassmor's world lay the Singularity, ruled by the mysterious King Ironwicca.Outside that lay the Beyonds, touching all the Realities, from which any manner of strays might wander. One day it might be Bill, who had been a god. The next it might be Little John and his band of not ...
ENCOM’s province was the world itself, and much of the sky above it. That province was never quiet. Many floors below Dillinger’s sanctum, popcorn was snapping in a popper. The popper was situated in one of the myriad cubicles in which human beings labored on the machine-n...
Skynx said with a forlorn hope, “we may assume you mean only humans?” “Not quite,” Bollux admitted. “They’re not really sure what you and First Mate Chewbacca are, but they’ve concluded they have nothing to lose by sacrificing you. They’re discussing procedures now.” ...