It’s not hard to understand why the Vorkosigan Saga has been going on so long. Simply put, Miles Vorkosigan may be the single most engaging character in all science fiction. Consider, for example, how his bodyguard and valet, Armsman Roic, thinks of him. “It was hard to tell,...
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Nazi Germany prepared to invade Great Britain in the summer and early fall of 1940, and many still debate why Hitler pulled the plug on the plan on September 17 that year. For two or three years afterward, large numbers of British subjects remained convinced that the Nazi invasion of Britain might...
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If the essence of drama is human conflict, then the business of espionage is tailor-made for fiction. Forgetting, of course, that most spies insist their work, like that of soldiers and police, consists of long stretches of boredom interspersed with brief and very rarely violent action. And, in...
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It’s hard not to feel at least a little like Mitchell Zukor. From an early age, Mitchell has been obsessed with disaster. Not run-of-the-mill personal disaster such as getting shot down for a date or getting rejected on a college application, but real, honest-to-God catastrophe. An asteroid...
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She was the most decorated spy in World War II of either gender. Her name was Odette Sansom (later Odette Hallowes). From 1942 to 1945, she served as an officer of Britain’s Special Operations Executive. From November 1942 to April 1943, she worked in southern France as a courier for an SOE...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.