“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Album Review: Valkyrja by TYR

I don’t do very many album reviews- this is maybe my third so far- but I do try to listen to new albums by bands that I care about as often as I can. One of my favourite bands ever is the Faroese band TYR, whose music is an oddly eclectic and very...

Book Review: The Line Must Hold by Jay Allan

[It is waaaaaay past time that I started posting some book reviews again. In fact I’m at least 8 books/albums/films behind in terms of posts, so if you see a seemingly never-ending series of reviews bombarding this place over the next few days, well,...

Book Review: The First Imperium by Jay Allan

Being sick blows, but at least it gives me time to catch up on some reading, writing, and (by far most importantly) sleeping. I’ve been meaning to write this review for a while, actually; of course, that would require that I give up my lazy-bastard tendencies on...

Team Intelligent-People-Who-Refuse-to-Watch-Twilight

Normally I would never, ever, ever comment upon the Twilight saga. This is for two reasons. One, I have never read any of the books or watched any of the movies. This is because I have a brain and I would very much like to retain use of it, thank you very much. Two, I...

Book Review: A Little Rebellion by Jay Allan

Jay Allan is rapidly becoming one of my favourite modern military sci-fi authors. His Crimson Worlds series has definitely upped the ante for the genre. His ability to write great characters, great action, and great plots is by no means unique- in fact if you’ve...

Book Review: The Cost of Victory by Jay Allen

I Having finished Jay Allan’s Crimson Worlds series in what was probably record time considering that we’re talking about (at this point) 5 books, each at least 200 pages long, I would be remiss if I did not post my thoughts on the actual books...

Book Review: Marines by Jay Allen

The “Space Marine” sub-genre of sci-fi has been done almost to death by now, starting with the all-time classic (and in my opinion, high-water mark) Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein back in the 1950s. It’s rare to find a book that takes...