Trouble on Paradise by Craig Alanson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Honestly? It was an okay mil-SF from the PoV of those left behind on Paradise, but I found myself missing the old characters I'd grown to love in the main series more.

So, it's a miss for me, but only barely.


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The Odyssey by Homer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

My umpteenth read. Hell, I don't even know how many times it's been now, but I can almost recite it verbatim.

That is to say, I really like it.

Indeed, with this particular version, with a couple of hours of commentary before the newly translated text, it is like coming home to a college course. And yes, that IS something I really like.

So, for all ya'll who like a grand adventure in the truly epic style, with the recounting of one of the world's oldest road-trip stories, look no further. And while the new movie isn't quite out yet, I should point out that the text will almost always be better than any adaptation. I'll die on the great man of Ithica's longbow if I lie.


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The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Re-read 9/1/25

This time-travel SF of mid-period Heinlein is goofy in a good way. It can be summed up in a sleep-till-mid-life, see you've been screwed, get glad-handed a way back in time, where you fix all the mess-ups without touching the original set-in-stone events. All details from early remain in the later.

It's fun. Even if the plot is handing this guy EVERY possibility on a silver platter, it's HEINLEIN. Lively voice, great dialogue, solid plot, and, as always, irascible.


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