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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…
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The Chronicles of Riddick: Series Retrospective
My love affair with eyeshine, Necromongers, and David Twohy.
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Laser Books Review 1
1. Renegades of Time by Raymond F. Jones Now, for the actual first title in the Laser Books… In case you missed my review of Thomas F. Monteleone‘s Seeds of Change, this is where the Laser Books officially start. Time is of the essence, so let’s jump right in. Cover *Dial tone… ringing… ringing…* Yes,…
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Laser Books Review 0
0. Seeds of Change by Thomas F. Monteleone My odyssey to review every single Laser Book begins with the one that started it all. Sort of. As mentioned in my post announcing this review project, Seeds of Change is not a numbered entry in the Laser Books. According to Wikipedia: This book was not numbered,…
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The Laser Books
My odyssey to read and review every single one of the 58 Harlequin Laser Books. On August 30th, 2024, my dad gave me an extraordinary birthday gift: a banker’s box containing old trade paperback novels by James P. Blaylock, Tim Powers, Allen Steele… and most of the 58 Laser Books published by Harlequin. As Dad…