Book ReviewsThe first of Brackett's Skaith trilogy, and one of my very favorite books, read well over a dozen times. Awesome storytelling, phenomenal characterization, world-building among the best in the genre, and genuinely great prose, with a perfect balance of action…
Book ReviewsA masterful slow burn that builds empire, politics, and world before delivering one of the genre's finest first-contact stories: the chilling recognition that the alien Moties may not be good for humanity. I loved its patient structure so much I…
Artificial IntelligenceHeinlein's humane portrait of Mike, the supercomputer who wakes up and becomes a person, is one of SF's finest treatments of AI, set inside a lunar revolution built with rigorous intelligence. One of my favorites since the 1970s. The Loonie…
Book ReviewsHumanity has filled the solar system, and the first Expanse novel blends space opera, noir, and horror in a convincingly lived-in setting, alternating idealist Holden with hard-boiled Miller. Some thin secondary characters and structural strain, and it is entertainment instead…
Book ReviewsA business-strategy book I had a hand in, so instead of score it I will tell you what it is. Internet of Things: Digitize or Die helps leaders understand, navigate, and survive the IoT through a clear, structured methodology, on…
Book ReviewsThe second book in Bonnie Dillabough's Dimensional Alliance, where the multiverse and its stakes come into full view. If the first book opened the door, this is where Jenny realizes how much is on the other side, and how much…
Book ReviewsWhat if you could predict the future of an entire civilization with mathematics? Asimov's landmark is built on that one audacious idea, psychohistory, and the concept is genre-defining. The characters are thin and the dialogue is people explaining ideas to…
Book ReviewsA five-book saga built on the brilliant Kirlian-aura premise, extended into a full interstellar civilization. A reread favorite for fans of thinking-heavy SF, with a sagging middle and a couple of contrived conflicts. The technical density is the dividing line:…
Book ReviewsThe animals overthrow their human master, declare all animals equal, and within a few years are ruled by pigs who walk on two legs. Orwell's short, savage fable of a revolution betrayed is one of the most perfectly built political…
Amazon & KDPMost of my books sit at four and five stars, but every author eventually meets the brutal one-star takedown. The first one stings; it does not have to derail you. After 113+ books, here is how I read a bad…
Book ReviewsGrammar checkers earn their keep on typos. But across hundreds of projects I have watched Grammarly and ProWritingAid flatten voice, miscall commas, and nudge every writer toward the same forgettable middle. Here is exactly where they help, where they quietly…
Amazon & KDPReview bombing is the practice of flooding a product, service, or creator with coordinated negative reviews that have little to do with actual quality. Here is where it hits hardest, the structural conflicts that make it worse, how to spot…
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