Dragon Harper (Dragonriders of Pern, The)38 reviews Anne Mccaffrey, Todd J. Mccaffrey Del Rey, 2007 Not excellent, but good and worth reading + Dragon Harper + Dragon Harper I think a couple of these reviews are a bit harsh. Sure, Todd has to find his way around and always will be measured against his mother's legacy - and that's a tough one! So far I've liked all the "mother/son" collaboration results. This one is not so much about dragons, but honestly - I don't ...             Opening Atlantis18 reviews Harry Turtledove Roc Hardcover, 2007 Atlantis revisited + I love alternate history + Are you Kidding? + Great concept, okay execution             Reap the Wild Wind: Stratification #1 (Stratification)6 reviews Julie E. Czerneda DAW Hardcover, 2007 A Gift of Sci-Fi Wonder + The Start of Another Great Biological Science Fiction Series + Sympathetic characters, interesting aliens, and suspense! + When is the next installment? + So when's the next one?             Harald10 reviews David D. Friedman Baen, 2006 The Vales Fox Harald (2006) is a standalone SF novel. It is set in the Kingdom of Kaerlia and the surrounding lands. The Vales across the western mountains are populated with people much like the ancient Thracians. They were once part of Kaerlia, but past kings had neglected them and finally King Henry had ...             Implied Spaces6 reviews Walter Jon Williams Night Shade Books, 2008 Sword and Singularity! + Very inventive and fun, but not Williams' best work + Highly Recommended High Science Fiction + A Must Read + Fun book             The Sunrise Lands: A Novel of the Change50 reviews S.M. Stirling Roc Hardcover, 2007 East meets West + Audible versus Print Version + New Life As THE SUNRISE LANDS opens it is twenty two years after the Change, the events described in DIES THE FIRE, when the whole world changed in a literal flash. Gunpowder does not fire, electricity and internal combustion engines do not work, throwing the post industrial world back to the pre ...             1634: The Bavarian Crisis (The Ring of Fire)44 reviews Eric Flint, Virginia DeMarce Baen, 2007 New twists in the Ring of Fire series Chapter 1 begins with the person who turns out to be the main character of the book - Maria Anna. The many other people in the story supplement and enable her role to be told. It is possible to skip the parts of the story that center on others, but that would loose much of the richness that the ...             Exceptions to Reality: Stories Alan Dean Foster Del Rey, 2008 As is evident in his many thrilling novels, Alan Dean Foster is a master at creating other worlds in an array of genres. Now he turns his imagination to the short story in these spectacular tales of outer space, cyberspace, ancient gods, modern demons, and mortal horror, including Panhandler A predatory lawyer encounters a fabled boyhood hero and falls victim to the less innocent intrigues of ...             Alliance Space3 reviews C. J. Cherryh DAW, 2008 Humans and Aliens + Mismatched release of two great stories + Re-Release of Two Previous Titles Alliance Space (2008) is an SF omnibus edition of the Alliance-Union Universe series, including Merchanter's Luck and Forty Thousand in Ghenna. These stories are set after the Company Wars when both sides are trying to keep the peace, but are still suspicious of each other. Merchanter's Luck ...             Valor's Trial: A Confederation Novel (The Conferedation Novels)6 reviews Tanya Huff DAW Hardcover, 2008 Worth the hardcover price... + Good book, bad formatting + Another great installment in this series. + Very Good read + Great Character Evolution             Metal Swarm (The Saga of Seven Suns)24 reviews Kevin J. Anderson Orbit, 2007 Best Series In Years + Metal Swarm Winner + An outstanding book with a horrid cliff hanger! + Same as the rest doesn't disappoint! + METAL SWARM             The Ashes of Worlds (Saga of Seven Suns)11 reviews Kevin J. Anderson Orbit, 2008 Great Ending! + I COULD GET SOME SATISFACTION + Series ends + Awesome Conclusion + Bringing a Saga to an End             The Best of Jim Baen's Universe II Baen, 2008 The online magazine, Jim Baen’s Universe , now in its second successful year, and fans of science fiction and fantasy agree that it’s the place on the internet to find great reading by both top-selling established writers and talented new arrivals. Once again, site editor Eric Flint, creator of the New York Times best-selling “Ring of Fire” series, picks the cream of ...             When All Seems Lost: A Novel of the Legion of the Damned2 reviews William C. Dietz Ace Hardcover, 2007 action-packed graphic military science fiction thriller + Excellent Book! The interstellar war with the ruthless Ramanthians remains heated as the vicious insectoid race fights to the death with no rules except to win. They physically overwhelm their opponents on the battlefield by accepting mass deaths on their side in order to subjugate as slaves any survivors of ...             The Man with the Iron Heart8 reviews Harry Turtledove Del Rey, 2008 Scary look in the funhouse mirror + Welcome to Naziraq + Turtledove's best in years This novel is a little darker than Turtledove's other works, but considering the subject matter, this shouldn't come as such a surprise. Imagine a post-WW II Europe where the Nazis managed an effective insurgency like the one we face in Iraq now. How would it change our postwar attitudes? ...             Exile-and Glory Jerry Pournelle Baen, 2008 Earth was stagnating from a lack of resources, from corrupt governments that stayed in power by keeping their people in ignorance and poverty, and by the established power structures that stifled the creative technologies that could solve the planet’s problems. But the governments and power structures didn’t yet control space, where bold new techniques could freely be applied and the ...             The Aftermath: Book Four of The Asteroid Wars (Asteroid)7 reviews Ben Bova Tor Books, 2007 The Asteroid Wars Come to an End + Ben Bova at his Best + My favorite Ben Bova book yet + End? + Thoughtful near-future SF--the best in the series             Orphan's Journey (Jason Wander)14 reviews Robert Buettner Orbit, 2008 The Journey continues... + Reminecent of Heinlein if.... + Love it + Excellent + A Great Addition to one of the best scifi series             Earth Ascendant1 review Sean Williams Ace, 2008 Outstanding! A great action-filled series with constant surprises and deep, thoughtful themes. This is space opera on a grand, post-human fast track. Can't wait for the final novel.             Slanted Jack (John and Lobo)4 reviews Mark L. Van Name Baen, 2008 A great read + SF With Action and Moral Dimension + entertaining futuristic crime caper I must admit some prejudice in that I thoroughly enjoyed the first Jon and Lobo book (One Jump Ahead), so I was expecting good things from the latest book. The team of Jon and Lobo are well matched in that Jon could give himself over to the sarcastic artificial intelligence of his ship, Lobo, ...