Category Archives: war
Review 133: The Twilight Watch
The Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko This review is of no relevance to the cause of the Light. – The Night Watch This review is of no relevance to the cause of the Dark. – The Day Watch This world … Continue reading
Filed under apocalypse, detective fiction, disaster, fantasy, morality, mystery, Russia, Sergei Lukyanenko, vampires, war, werewolves, witches, wizardry
Review 127: The God Engines
The God Engines by John Scalzi There is not, to my knowledge, a whole lot of theological science fiction. Madeleine L’Engle’s books may qualify, but to be honest, it’s been years since I read them so I don’t know. The … Continue reading
Filed under gods, good and evil, John Scalzi, morality, religion, science fiction, sins, space travel, theocracy, theology, totalitarianism, war
Review 114: The Ghost Brigades
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi The book that preceded this one was Old Man’s War. It was Scalzi’s first novel and I loved it. It had everything – high-end science fiction, philosophy, cool battle scenes and a protagonist whose … Continue reading
Filed under adventure, aliens, ethics, existentialism, fiction, friendship, identity, John Scalzi, military, morality, philosophy, science fiction, technology, transhumanism, truth, war
Review 112: Ender’s Game
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card A little while after I started teaching literature, I thought about what kinds of books I’d like to do with students in the years to come. The texts I did last year – Fahrenheit … Continue reading
Filed under brothers, childhood, children, coming of age, ethics, family, friendship, military, morality, Orson Scott Card, science fiction, sisters, teenagers, truth, war, young adult
Review 97: The Civil War
The Civil War by Bruce Catton When I was a kid, my grandparents thought they would do something that every grandparent should do – share what they love with the next generation. They bought me a subscription to the Time-Life … Continue reading
Filed under american history, Bruce Catton, Civil War, history, war
Review 76: Changes
Changes by Jim Butcher “Hell’s Bells” count: 20 Well, the title promises changes, and that is certainly what you get in this book. And the first of these comes right on page one: Harry Dresden has a daughter. Surprised? Yeah, … Continue reading
Filed under children, detective fiction, Dresden Files, fantasy, Jim Butcher, vampires, war, wizardry
Review 74: Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein This book is controversial. Says so right there on the cover – “The Controversial Classic of Military Adventure!” A quick look at its Wikipedia page seems to support this, claiming that the book has been … Continue reading
Filed under made into movies, military, philosophy, Robert Heinlein, science fiction, war
Review 73: Old Man’s War
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi Somewhere in the unspecified future, humanity has reached out beyond the solar system, settling colonies wherever they can find a habitable planet. It’s the inevitable expansion of the Human Race, finally freed from its … Continue reading
Filed under adventure, John Scalzi, science fiction, war
Review 31: The Iliad
The Iliad by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles Sing to me, O Muse, of a long damn poem, which saddled the backs of many a Freshman English Major before me and brought the mist of term papers down around our … Continue reading
