Book Review: Mayday Orbit | No Man’s World by Poul Anderson and Kenneth Bulmer, respectively. It’s time for another science fiction Ace Double, two books in one! It is the 31st Century, and the Terran Empire has passed its peak. Oh, to be sure it’s still very large and powerful and the vast majority of… Continue reading Book Review: Mayday Orbit | No Man’s World
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Movie Review: Boys of the City
Movie Review: Boys of the City (1940) directed by Joseph H. Lewis Summer, 1940. New York City is in the middle of a scorching heatwave. “Knuckles” Dolan (Dave O’Brien) is worried about his kid brother Danny Dolan (Bobby Jordan) and his gang of underprivileged youths. It’s been too hot for them to exercise and blow off… Continue reading Movie Review: Boys of the City
Book Review: Boy Scouts of the Air on the French Front
Book Review: Boy Scouts of the Air on the French Front by Gordon Stuart Tod Fulton’s father is an inventor who has developed a new airplane that can hover in place and has true VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) capabilities. Up to now, he wasn’t able to sell it as there were no peacetime applications.… Continue reading Book Review: Boy Scouts of the Air on the French Front