Ken Newquist's Blog at Lafayette College
Courageous is the third book in Jack Campbell’s military SF/space opera series called The Lost Fleet. As with the previous books, it tells the story of John “Black Jack” Geary, a legendary starship captain thought killed in combat a hundred years earlier, only to be found in suspended animation in an escape capsule. Once revived, … Read more
I’ve been on a huge space opera kick for the last year or so and have been reading every example of the New Space Opera I can get my hands on. Space opera, for those who don’t know, is the sort of larger-than-life science fiction typified by Star Wars and Star Trek. Unlike Hard Science … Read more
I’ve got a soft spot for historical nautical fiction — the Age of Sail was a fascinating time period, in which the Earth was shrinking … but the distances were still so vast that men could be away from their families for years between trips home. I loved Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey novels, so it’s … Read more
One thing I make a point of doing every summer is to put together a reading list. I may not get through all the books on the list, but I do try, and if nothing else, it gives me a non-work, non-family, non-computer related goal to strive for. Last summer, I decided to promote my … Read more