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Mavericks by Craig Alanson
4.0
Alanson's continuation of this series was enjoyable in Mavericks. Much of the first part of the book took a break from Joe and Skippy, which was actually very needed. When we pick back up with the Dutchman's crew, there's still plenty of banter and serious and funny moments. There's still also lots of conversation between Joe and Skippy, wherein they talk through their majority of dilemmas and overcome them, which is getting a bit trodden as a path.
The law of unintended consequences keeps coming up and it is harder and harder to consider the stakes very high, as when everything is important, nothing is.
But in truth, if you're looking for a nice diversion, it's worth continuing on with this one.
The law of unintended consequences keeps coming up and it is harder and harder to consider the stakes very high, as when everything is important, nothing is.
But in truth, if you're looking for a nice diversion, it's worth continuing on with this one.
Homefront by Ashanti Williams, Jennywren Walker, Collin Young, Bill Dufris, PJ Ochlan, Craig Alanson, R.C. Bray, John Dalton Logan, Marjolaine Whittlesey, Christopher Price, Corey Gagne, Kate Mulgrew, Austin Ku, Dalton S. Kimball, Michael Rafkin, Lisa Stathoplos, Emily Grotz, Nimo Gandhi, Lisa Reneé Pitts, Daniel Logan, Kym Dakin, Robert Picardo, Jonathan Woodward, Zachary Quinto, Peter Berkrot, Casey Turner
5.0
The audiobook version of this was more fun and it deserved to be, which is to say, totally worth the listen if you're already invested in UNEF.
Brushfire by Craig Alanson
4.0
This series is still plenty of fun. The transition for the Merry Band of Pirates in this edition was inevitable. The nice thing that Alanson does is approach most of the situations logically, even when introducing deus ex machina technology and solutions to the challenges posed. It's the same level of logically introduced sci-fi that we get in Stargate SG-1. In fact, it's the exact kind. Introduce the rules and follow them and you can't just win, and you can't just be in bad situations for drama's sake. Otherwise, the stakes would be bafflingly dumb. Which anyone who has read Saga of the Seven Suns would understand.
Eleven books in and this is shaping up to be one of the more entertaining series I've encountered, and even at the midway point I don't feel any fatigue.
Eleven books in and this is shaping up to be one of the more entertaining series I've encountered, and even at the midway point I don't feel any fatigue.