Andrew Skinner

Look, it's Battlestar Galactica meets Pacific Rim with convicts and robot zombies and creepy alien archaeology - the pitch had me at hello, and Andrew Skinner rapidly builds up cast and context that kept me with him.

Technically milSF I guess, which isn't usually my thing at all, but giant robots punching each other, what can I say? Besides, it focuses heavily on pilot/shell sync (oh let's just call it the Drift) and I was in love with Rook's battered old Juno by the time they'd locked eyes on one another.

Fast-paced, covered in grease and dirt and with a heart glowing like a reactor core.

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This one was published in 2011 for the 500th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible. It was written for an LDS audience. It's very short, which I didn't realize when I added it to my list, and reads more like a series of articles for a church magazine than a serious book. It's not bad, but not what I expected. The author interjects a lot of his own thoughts and feelings in here and he seems to assume his audience doesn't know a lot about the subject. For both those reasons, I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought. 3 stars from me, but someone else might like it more.… (plus d'informations)