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An Update on Karen Traviss and Galaxy's Edge

When I posted my review of Convergence, book 13 in the Galaxy’s Edge series, there was a lively discussion in the comments about Karen Traviss’ contribution to the Galaxy’s Edge universe, The Best of Us [Amazon link]. And today, from the official Galaxy’s Edge Facebook page, comes

Oblivion Movie Review

Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods." 2013’s Oblivion [Amazon link]

Will Wight on Planning Plot Points for Cradle

Over at his blog of dubious intent, Will Wight has gone into some mildly spoilerish detail about his planning process for Cradle. I won’t get any more spoilerish than Wight, who sticks to things from book 9 and before, but I do feel like my past reviews hold up

The Long View 2008-11-09: Zero Point History

I especially like this description of MMT in Federal finance as “quantum finance”. I have heard Republicans console themselves with the thought that the new Administration will not be able to carry out any very ambitious domestic projects, because it will operate under fiscal restraints. This is pre-quantum-finance thinking. There

Linkfest 2021-11-19: Common Good

The Post-Liberal Order: Big Mac Alasdair MacIntyre is a favored philosopher here at With Both Hands. I really enjoyed this account of MacIntyre’s talk “Human Dignity: A Puzzling and Possibly Dangerous Idea?“ I had always found dignity a bit vacuous of a concept, but I hadn’t realized just

Convergence out today!

Convergence, book 3 of Galaxy’s Edge season 2 is out today in ebook and audiobook! Why not read my review and then go out and grab your copy?

Reaper: Cradle Book 10 Review

Reaper, book 10 in Will Wight’s Cradle series, is so good it reaches back in time and transforms events in the previous books, making you see things with new eyes. I think it would be quite fun to go back and read them all again in light of what