Manxome Foe (Looking Glass, Book 3)21 reviews John Ringo, Travis Taylor Baen, 2008 Exciting, involving military fantasy + Ridiculous but fun + Another great SF read + Dreen or Posleen?             Kalvan Kingmaker3 reviews Pequod Press, 2002 Thoughtful and engaging series continuation + A weaker link in a fine series + A Welcome Addition: H. Beam Piper's Paratime Saga Continues John Carr does a thoughtful and often exciting job of continuing H Beam Piper's Lord Kalvan saga. This is a direct sequel to Great King's War and continues the themes of the expanding conflict created by Lord Kalvans arrival in and transformation of Hos-Hostigos. While not the place to start the ...             The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes22 reviews Charles Stross Tor Fantasy, 2006 !ping! fulfills promise of book one + Entertaining mix of fantasy & economics. + Good followup to Family Trade + Not Free SF Reader + An Improvement             Hell Hath No Fury (Multiverse, Book 2)20 reviews David Weber, Linda Evans Baen, 2007 The Arcanan Push Through the Portals + Very good book Hell Hath No Fury (2007) is the second SF novel in the Multiverse series, following Hell's Gate. In the previous volume, Commander of One Hundred Hadrign Thalmayr finally arrived to relieve Hundred Jasak Oldenhan. When Thalmayr tried to take the prisoners -- Shaylar Nargra-Koymayr and her ...             Into the Looking Glass54 reviews John Ringo Baen, 2005 Into the Looking Glass + Pure mindless fun! + Good Start + A Non Stop Read             Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (Ace SF, F-342)3 reviews H. Beam Piper Ace Books, 1965 A modern man versus the god of gunpowder! + Great Entertainment + Even with all its faults, a great yarn! Calvin Morrison is a Pennsylvania State Trooper who suddenly finds himself lifted out of his (our) world, and deposited on a parallel Earth. In this other Pennsylvania he finds a small kingdom of bearded primitives who appear to be on the losing end of a war of conquest. The locals have so little ...             Great Kings War1 review Pequod Press, 2006 An Impressive Sequel: H. Beam Piper's Paratime Saga Continues In Great Kings' War, John F. Carr and Roland Green pay homage to H. Beam Piper's Paratime hero Lord Kalvan, a.k.a. Corporal Calvin Morrison. An authorized sequel to Piper's only Paratime novel, Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen, the novel begins with Kalvan, the former Pennsylvania state trooper, unwilling ...             Claws that Catch (Looking Glass, Book 4) John Ringo, Travis S Taylor Baen, 2008 It's Not Over Til The Skinny Lady Sings . . . Working off of a piece of intelligence from the alien Hexosehr, the Vorpal Blade is dispatched to investigate rumors of an ancient and powerful civilization that may have been the creators of the ?black box? that drives humanity's only space ship. Any remnant technology would be nice but what the Blade finds is much more than they ...             Patton's Spaceship (Timeline Wars)15 reviews John Barnes Eos, 1997 Man oh Man!!! + Good book but lots of repetition + Good book but lots of repetition + please help             Conquistador: A Novel of Alternate History71 reviews S.M. Stirling Roc, 2004 My first Stirling book, but definitely not my last! + Who knew it would be this good? + Nostalgia for What Has Never Been + Enjoyable, but with one flaw.             Caesar's Bicycle: Caesar's Bicycle (Timeline Wars)6 reviews John Barnes Eos, 1997 still a good read + Mark Strang is my boy!! + Very enjoyable, nicely written + Overall pretty good. Seems like the end though             Designated Targets (The Axis of Time Trilogy, Book 2)55 reviews John Birmingham Del Rey, 2005 Still Going Strong + Review of the "Axis of Time" trilogy. Overall rating: 4.4 stars + Not a bad read... + Second volume in an alternative history trilogy             Star Gate1 review Andre Norton Ace Books, 1958 The Master this is a juv' book in the finest tradition by one of the greatist in the field.             Washington's Dirigible (Timeline Wars/John Barnes, No 2)6 reviews John Barnes Harper Prism, 1997 Not my favorite but... + Not my favorite but... + Good adventure and reasonable heros Here Matt and a co-agent travle to an alternate america where King George III offered consessions to the American Founding Fathers and so the american revolution never took place. Matt also comes to another realization that is both chilling and brilliant at the same time. While this book is not ...             Vorpal Blade (Looking Glass, Book 2)26 reviews John Ringo, Travis Taylor Baen, 2007 Hard Core Sci-Fi Military... + As good as it gets!? + Hard SF, good exploration SF. Needed more action. + Science heavy Adventure             The Clan Corporate: Book Three of The Merchant Princes25 reviews Charles Stross Tor Fantasy, 2007 An important 'bridge' to the Merchant Princes series Let us be honest, this series is not Stross at his finest. His other books like Iron Sunrise, Singularity Sky, Accelerando, Glasshouse and The Atrocity Acrhives are far more creative and cutting edge stories. Nevertheless, I find this Merchant Princes series readable and this book in particularly I ...             Weapons of Choice (The Axis of Time Trilogy, Book 1)132 reviews John Birmingham Ballantine Books, 2005 Weapons of Choice (The Axis of Time Trilogy, Book 1) + Excellent trilogy + Weapons of Choice + Readable if you get past the Transition             The Family Trade (Merchant Princes)45 reviews Charles Stross Tor Fantasy, 2005 Fresh and enjoyable This definitely isn't your average, run-of-the-mill fantasy novel. In fact, if you tilt your head just so, it can legitimately look an awful lot like science fiction. Which makes sense, actually, 'cause Charles Stross has made his reputation as a hard sci-fi author, and he brings that same kind ...             Final Impact (The Axis of Time Trilogy, Book 3)46 reviews John Birmingham Del Rey, 2007 First-rate Ending to a Superb Trilogy + An entertaining read John Birmingham resists the temptation to tie up his excellent military fantasy into a neat little package. The altered time-line continues past the finish, issues unresolved, fates hanging in the balance, and the massive collision of 21st- and 20th-century technologies and sensibilities promising ...             Wildside23 reviews Steven Gould Tor Teen, 2003 Great fun. + Very good! + Adventure & Coming of Age + Worth every penny. A definite buy!