Posts Tagged ‘christian’
Travel by Star
I read Travel by Star, by Paul Scott Grill, and I’m giving it my first five-star review. Now, what does that mean, “five stars?” For our purposes here, the scale is this: Three stars is a book you could miss and not miss anything. Four is a book you should read. Five is a book…
Read MoreAfter Moses
I read “After Moses” by Michael Kane, and it was a delight. This is a good novel, and I expect a good series, to share with your teen boy. The author calls it space western, in the vein of Firefly, but I also got distinct Cowboy Bebop vibes. However, the hero is a very welcome…
Read MoreJustified
I read Justified by @jondelarroz, and I enjoyed it. Mr. Del Arroz has taken an interesting approach: Crusaders vs Jihadis in Space, and he does not pull his punches, nor adulterate his characters or plot with any anachronistic cultural self-castigation or other idiosyncrasies of our real modern West. The protagonist does suffer a crisis of…
Read MoreSt. George and the Dragon
I read “St. George and the Dragon” by Michael Lotti, and you should read it, too. It is excellent. Among the fallout from Tolkein, in his genius, is that ever since him, dragons have to be suitably epic. The little green dragon which fits under hoof in a medieval painting is no longer sufficient to…
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