I distinctly remember why I shifted to using B&N. The typical mall bookstore – I can no longer even remember the name now – was effectively dead, and B&N washuge. The SF&F section was reasonably well stocked with recent works and most of the “classics” and I had no issues finding Baen stuff. A full set of magazine shelves thoroughly up to date, and a lot of computer/programming books from when ever-evolving standards and documentation hadn’t made the concept of buying a book on, say, programmin…
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You may have noticed a lack of posts the last few days. After nearly a couple years of posting every weekday, helping family move and a few other things including a clients network closet blowing up came together, and I’d rather not half-ass something up just to post. It all comes down to priorities. In this case, it’s been working out 4-5 times a week while keeping up with, and doing more to future-grow my work, and still post something 5x week. I decided workouts were more important with the…
John Ringo’s sheer volume of output is legendary. Also the fact that an idea jumps into his head, and the next thing anyone knows, there’s another book series waiting to be edited. The last is pretty much the story of how John Ringo ended up writing a series of books set in Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter universe. I’d reviewed the first book previously [https://thelastredoubt.com/2016/08/monster-hunter-memoirs-grunge-or-las.html]. The third and final book in the series – Monster Hunter Memoirs:…
The Dream of the Iron Dragon: An Alternate History Viking Epic [https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Iron-Dragon-Alternate-History-ebook/dp/B078WLB2CR] is the the type of “alternate history” that’s been around since Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” – a man of our time goes to the past, and starts changing things. Like Flint’s “1632” series, and Stirling’s Nantucket series, it’s not just one man. Like Weber’s Apocalypse Troll, you can throw out the “from our time” aspect. Our protag…
I’ve been forced to prioritize time a bit the last few days with weather-related fallout at work (lightning can do crazy things) and some time that had been set aside for family, and blogging fell behind consistent workouts and sleep. That said, it’s been productive. So a few notes/etc. First, the sad news that Christopher Stasheff is no longer with us [https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2018/06/in-memoriam-christopher-stasheff.html] . From Cedar Sanderson’s blog [http://www.cedarwrites…