Renaissance Writer: Gordon A. Long

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“The Agreement, Gallows Gold Book 1” by James Scott Thomson

by renaissanceadmin • 2022-06-26 • 0 Comments

“The Agreement” is an Australian future western in the tradition of Mad Max, but with a more organized post-apocalyptic society. It’s a simple plotline. Archie is a bounty hunter. He takes Fiona on as an apprentice, and they go off having adventures together. The story breaks into three parts. Their first two assignments could almost…

“Lou” by Molly Leasure

by renaissanceadmin • 2022-06-19 • 0 Comments

This novel does not follow the usual patterns. It is technically a Space Opera, but while conforming to one of the usual plot lines, it has a mood and a style all its own. This is not your average space mission. The ship is a rambling wreck called TedRyan, and the crew and passengers are…

“Free Air” by A. Thackery

by renaissanceadmin • 2022-06-05 • 0 Comments

This book has been written with a great deal of work and creativity, but with mixed results. It is a complex meld of several themes, settings and political systems. Basically, the tale involves a girl stranded on an unforgiving world who discovers a new data recording system, perhaps installed in the very rock of the…

“The Collar and the Cavvarach” By Annie Douglas Lima

by renaissanceadmin • 2022-05-29 • 0 Comments

Here we have a YA Fantasy, set in an imaginary society which is uncomfortably akin to ours but allows slavery. This leads to good thematic material, backed up by subtle and realistic mental conflict in both main characters. The slave is trying to be a good slave, while at the same time plotting to free…

“Walking the Labyrinth” by Pamela Wax

by renaissanceadmin • 2022-05-23 • 0 Comments

Poetry as therapy is a common genre. Those in mourning who wish to take control of their loss often do so by talking about it or writing it down. This seems to be a therapeutic way of dealing with guilt and sorrow, and if it works for them, it is not for us to judge.…

“Navigators of Draconis” by Jake Ashwell

by renaissanceadmin • 2022-05-15 • 0 Comments

This is a freewheeling, action-packed Space Opera, full of spaceships and technology set against a background of interstellar politics. The characters are the usual mixture of races and rogues, well portrayed and sympathetic. There seems to be a disconnect at the beginning, as if the author started the book, forgot what he wrote, then picked…

“Kelvoo’s Testimonial” by Phil Bailey

by renaissanceadmin • 2022-05-09 • 0 Comments

This is the weirdest review I’m ever going to write, because the author himself has made a comment in the story, inadvertently summing up the problem with his own writing. Let me explain… This is a Science Fiction novel in the format of a report on a First Encounter with an alien species, written by…

“Murder on Brittany Shores” by Jean-Luc Bannalec

by renaissanceadmin • 2022-05-02 • 0 Comments

Once in a while I read a book for recreational purposes and enjoy it so much I review it. “Brittany Shores” is one of those. Having enjoyed travelling in that area several times probably influenced my reaction to the writing. More on the setting later. One of the nicely handled elements of this book is…

“Havoc: Engine’s Game Part 2” by Paityn E. Parque

by renaissanceadmin • 2022-04-30 • 0 Comments

This second instalment of the franchise has moved even further out of the realm of video games and into the more usual Fantasy realm of magic. As the story progresses it moves more into horror. We are no longer worried about the specific details of the powers of individual players. Now we have a few…

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