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Laser Books Review 11
11. Unto the Last Generation by Juanita Coulson Last review, I made a crack about women writing sci-fi, and got a crack on the head for my political incorrectness. To anyone who might’ve been offended: I apologize. I don’t know how I’ll ever forgive myself. I’ve already booked myself into rehab. And next week I’ll…
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Laser Books Review 10
10. Falling Toward Forever by Gordon Eklund *Screeeech!* Whew! I made it just in time! I couldn’t possibly miss this week’s review of Gordon Eklund’s second entry in the Laser Books! That’s right, lads and lasses, he’s back with another romp across the spacetime continuum with Falling Toward Forever. It’s hard to believe it’s only…
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Laser Books Review 9
9. Invasion by Aaron Wolfe (Dean Koontz) Stay tuned at the end of this review for an important public service announcement regarding the Laser Books upload schedule! At 4:30p.m., June 19th, 1999, a man named Bryan Edwin Smith struck Stephen King with his van and put him in the hospital. While he was recuperating, he…
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Laser Books Review 8
8. Caravan by Stephen Goldin We’ve had one, yes, but what about second Goldin? Yes, dear readers, I am delighted to say that the author of the fantastic Columbo-style howcatchem Herds has returned with a new yarn, this time the tale of a nightmare road trip across doomsday America. If you haven’t read my review…
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Laser Books Review 7
7. Seeklight by K.W. Jeter Jeter, Jeter, pumpkin-eater. Now we’re on to a book from an author of Star Wars tie-in stories whose name sounds like the callsign of a TIE/In starfighter. As mentioned in my review of Gordon Eklund‘s Serving in Time, K.W. Jeter came up through the ranks with James P. Blaylock and…
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Laser Books Review 6
6. Serving in Time by Gordon Eklund Fire up the DeLorean and cue the Huey Lewis, we’re goin’ back in time! And forward in time! To utopian futures and altered histories. To villains triumphant and heroes betrayed. To elections lost and wars won. Ladies and gentlemen, Earthlings and Vulcans, androids and temporal agents, I give…
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Laser Books Review 5
5. Walls Within Walls by Arthur Tofte Listen carefully. I don’t know how much time I have. I had to leave my house–drop everything, cut through the back field, cross the neighbour’s vineyard, and run ten kilometres toward town. From there I hitched a ride on a maple syrup truck south through Codrington to the…
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Laser Books Review 4
4. Gates of the Universe by Robert Coulson and Gene DeWeese Our first pair of cowriters materializes in the Laser Books in the personages of R. Coulson and G. DeWeese. Behold what they have wrought! Considering the restrictions Harlequin placed on the Laser Books I’m keen to see if two heads are better than one.…
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Laser Books Review 3
This book is where the problem in “bringing back Golden Age sci-fi” shows itself: people think they want to go back, but they really, really don’t.
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Laser Books Review 2
2. Herds by Stephen Goldin They’re moving in herds. They do move in herds. — Dr. Alan Grant, Jurassic Park With Raymond F. Jones‘s Renegades of Time behind us, it’s time to ring in the New Year with Stephen Goldin’s first Laser Books entry. This will not be the last tale we get from Goldin…