Renaissance Writer: Gordon A. Long

REVIEW

“Practical Tips for Easy Air Travel” by Ani Right

by renaissanceadmin • 2017-07-30 • 0 Comments

This is a great introductory book for air travellers. It covers almost everything you need to know at a basic level. Because of the writer’s stated intention of making travel easier, especially for those less experienced, it is perhaps a bit optimistic, shying away from the complexities and downright idiocy of events that can occur…

“In the Beginning” by BCE with Dr. Leviticus Wayne

by renaissanceadmin • 2017-07-23 • 1 Comment

(Or some such nonsense, Leviticus being the book in the Bible – sometimes attributed to Moses – which lays out the rules and rituals for worship and sacrifice in the Temple.) It seems I’m always finding new sub-genres; once I have seen enough books that try to do the same thing in the same way,…

“Thief of the Night Guild” by Andy Peloquin

by renaissanceadmin • 2017-07-17 • 0 Comments

This is the second book in the “Queen of Thieves” series, featuring Ilanna, who is doing everything she must to work her way up through the ranks of the Hawks, the thieves’ section of the Night Guild. And incidentally stash aside enough money to buy her way out. Having reviewed several of Peloquin’s books, I…

“Cry Wolf” by Greta Stone

by renaissanceadmin • 2017-07-09 • 0 Comments

This book is a bit of a grab bag of different styles and genres, loosely following the old tale of Peter and the Wolf. The opening is from a lighthearted children’s fantasy, with a group of orphans living in a giant shoe preparing to do battle with stereotypical redneck invaders. (Most of these characters are…

“My Shorts” by Arthur Doweyko

by renaissanceadmin • 2017-07-03 • 0 Comments

Presented with a title like this and a cover image of a man in a spacesuit holding a clothesline with underwear on it, you might expect a certain amount of humour in the book. In the case of this collection, don’t expect it to be of the underwear-on-the-line variety. Any humour Mr. Doweyko blesses us…

“A Passport to a Nation of Talking Slugs and Other Stories” by Andrew Kozma

by renaissanceadmin • 2017-06-25 • 0 Comments

Before discussing this set of short stories, it might be useful to make a note about Surrealism. Not that these stories purport to fall under that label, but their appeal may be described in the same terms. Surrealism has never been, and cannot ever be, defined without resorting to incredible intellectual and pseudo-scientific gobbledygook, although…

“The Brothers Three” by Layton Green

by renaissanceadmin • 2017-06-18 • 0 Comments

It’s great to finally find a writer who can use the online fantasy game format and make a proper story of it. To be fair, the main reason it works so well is that “Brothers” is mainly a novel, with the games element restricted mostly to the action sequences. This tale follows the usual pattern…

“Star Walk” by Melissa Bowersock

by renaissanceadmin • 2017-06-17 • 0 Comments

If you’re looking for a happily-ever-after, feel-good ghost story with a fun puzzle or two entwined, this book is for you. Sort of a metaphysical Cozy Mystery. Once again Lacey the private detective teams up with Sam, the native medium, to help a homeowner with a ghost problem. This time the home is a mansion…

“Horns of the Ram” by Austin Rogers

by renaissanceadmin • 2017-06-11 • 0 Comments

There is always a problem in writing a sequel. You have to decide what was good about the first book and try to replicate that in the second one. As movie fans are aware, that doesn’t always happen, because sometimes writers miss the boat on what’s good in their first work. I reviewed “Sacred Planet,”…

“Ahe’ey” by Jamie Lefay

by renaissanceadmin • 2017-06-05 • 0 Comments

This is a story about an uber-human race that lived pre-history, but were almost wiped out by a cataclysmic flood on their island in mid-Atlantic. They have since lived in an alternate universe, directing and sometimes interbreeding with humans. Their contact point with our earth is an uncharted island in the Bermuda Triangle. Their society…

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