Last year I came upon a new author, Sam Eastland. His book Eye of the Red Tsar was one of those – oh look, cool title, I’m into anything dealing with the Romanov dynasty, let’s pick it up – books. I loved it and couldn’t wait for the next book…

George Orwell’s 1984 was not entirely what I expected it to be. Sure, I knew it was a dystopian view of the future (well the past now), but it wasn’t as great of a story as I expected it to be. The first quarter of the book sets the stage.…

It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned how much I love Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series. Which, I have to tell you (again), is phenomenal. Love it. But… I have been rather remiss in reading anything else by Anne other than some short stories. I know, I know. It’s horrible. So…

I bet if you asked most people what or when the first nuclear “disaster” took place in the United States, they would probably answer: Three Mile Island. Well, that answer would be wrong. The first nuclear accident happened in 1961 in a sleepy little town called Idaho Falls. Being fascinated…

Continuing on my theme of nuclear disasters (I don’t know why I find these things fascinating)… I read the book The Legacy of Chernobyl by Zhores Medvedev (not to be confused with Grigori Medvedev who has probably written the most authoritative and extensive information on the topic). This book was…