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1634 The Ram Rebellion by Eric Flint & Virginia DeMarce (Ring of Fire)

Oct 302009

Took me long enough to read, but I had a busy week traveling and dealing with life’s ods and ends.

Great book though. I have come to love Eric Flints stories, they are down to earth and written with warmth and humor. Here a stubborn crossbreed of a ram called Brillo first becomes an entertaining story in the Grantville paper and then he grows to become the symbol for the French Revolution, sorry German revolution.

I haven’t read anything by Virginia DeMarce before and that seems to be my loss. I have to look into something else she has written after I finish the ring of fire series.

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The Anderoid’s Dream by John Scalzi

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May 252009

Excellent down to earth space opera might sound like a contradiction in terms but it is a good description of The Android’s Dream.

It is all about the hunt for a sheep. The Nidu, a race that make old Japan look like a liberal laiz-sez-faire society, have rather elaborate coronation ceremonies. This time they need a sheep from a certain rare race of sheep: Android Dream. The problem is that someone is killing off all the sheep. The current ruler holds humanity responsible for producing a sheep before time run out for the ceremony.

Harry Creek job is to deliver low level bad news to alien diplomats, a job he is fairly good at. Until his boss needs someone that can fly under the radar and find the sheep the Nidu requests before war break out. If Harry had any idea what was in store for him he would never have said yes.

This is a fast paced funny and action filled story with a nice twist in the end.

I really love John Scalzi I can’t wait for the next book.

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Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi

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Mar 172009

Agent to the Stars (it is available online at http://www.scalzi.com/agent/) is another brilliant book by John Scalzi. A junior Agent in Hollywood is contracted by a race of smelly intelligent cubes to better their image before breaking the news to the Human race. Of course he makes them Stars!

According to John he wrote this as training before doing real books like Old Man’s War.

I said it before, and i’ll say it again, John writes as the Master of Science Fiction he is. This story is more of a comedy, it is witty, catching and I Love it!

Write more, Please!

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