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The High Crusade (review)

by Bill Ward on September 28, 2008

in Book Reviews

At the moment, all was triumph. Red-splashed, panting, in scorched and dinted armor, Sir Roger de Tourneville rode a weary horse back to the main fortress. After him came the lancers, archers, yeomen — ragged, battered, shoulders slumped with exhaustion. But the Te Deum was on their lips, rising beneath the strange constellations that twinkled [...]

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On Basilisk Station (review)

by Bill Ward on May 18, 2008

in Book Reviews

He watched his display, noting the cool professionalism with which Fearless had held her counter-fire until she had perfect targets, and filed that away with all his other data on Commander Harrington’s capabilities. A dangerous, dangerous woman, he told himself as two of his missiles were decoyed off course and exploded harmlessly outside Fearless’s sidewalls. [...]

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Old Man’s War (review)

by Bill Ward on April 13, 2008

in Book Reviews

I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife’s grave. Then I joined the army.

Title: Old Man’s War
Author: John Scalzi
Genre: Military Science Fiction
Year: 2005

Old Man’s War is a book with a hook, the sort of easily-conveyed original premise that tells you enough about why you might want to read it in [...]

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