This is the last piece of the Cobra Trilogy and so far my favorite of the bunch. The first book covered Johnny Moreau’s life spanning several years which left me feeling somewhat fragmentet. In the this book we follow Jin, daughter of on of Johnny’s sons. The rest of the Moreau family is still present [...]

The second installment into the Cobra Trilogy by Thimothy Zahn takeonyszko on a journy further into the perils of the newfound Cobra worlds. A new threat on an unfamiliar horizon is the perfect settimg for another Cobra mission. This time around the tale is spun not only from the viewpoint of Johnny Moreau but also [...]

Baen books Webscriptions site is full of wonderful literature, but who can resist something called: The COBRA Trillogy! The book is written by Timothy Zahn, and was originally issued in the 80′ies as three seperate novels. The first book in the trillogy is called Cobra. It is  epic military space opera at it’s finest guerrilla style. The [...]

When I read Fleet of worlds back in june 2008 it ended in a mixed bag. I loved the return to Known Space and Puppeteer exploration scheming and plotting. The idea of a human slave sub species was also quite fascinating if a bit sought. One thing that left me wanting more were the infrequent descriptions and [...]

Nano machines are always an interesting subject, and coupled with the intriguing ways of quantum physics it makes for a very nice book indeed. I am talking about STONE a book by Adam Roberts. The story revolves around a prisoner, a novelty in the futuristic (yes it is a science fiction book) Utopian society that [...]

At the appearance of Castle Wolfenstein 3D the gaming community went “Woooo” and “Aaaaah!” both in terms of gameplay and graphics but also with regards to the applied business model. The concept of shareware exploded and exploited the market in ways never before envisioned. Who did it, why, and where did it lead them is [...]