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A Tale of Two Surgeons

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A Tale of two Surgeons It’s always interesting when you get two books with the same title covering similar ground. Here we have the tale of two Star Surgeons, both books exploring the idea of medical care with non-human patients. Star Surgeon (1963) by James White and Star Surgeon (1959) by Alan E. Nourse. James White’s Star Surgeon is the second book in his 12 book Sector General series, although they link chronologically they can be read individually. Alan E. Nourse’s Star Surgeon is a stand alone Juvenile Science Fiction…

What to do with all that Stuff – August 2023

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As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume What to do with all that Stuff. To quote the much maligned theme tune to Star Trek Enterprise ‘It’s been a long road Getting from there to here’. All has been quiet here for a while due to a mixture of technical, time and personal issues. Those issues have meant most of my time I’ve been concentrating on Booktube content and been having fun with that. Please feel free to pay me…

Black Fire by Sonni Cooper

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The Vulcan with the Jewel Earring As always I believe that we all judge books by their covers, otherwise why bother with one? The cover of Black Fire is a gorgeous painting of Kirk and Spock by the renowned fantasy artist Boris Vallejo. Once past the cover it starts with a glowing introduction from Theodore Sturgeon, this could be seen as a misstep as if you get someone with his reputation saying how good your book is it does put expectations very high. Sonni Cooper was once the publicist for…

Artemis by Andy Weir

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A Fun Crime Caper in a Hostile Environment Andy Weir’s rise to prominence with The Martian (2011) is well known, he started by serialising it on his website and then released a kindle version which shot to the top of the Kindle charts. This attracted the attention of publishers with whom he then managed to get a publishing deal with. Following up the success of The Martian was never going to be easy, and reading comments on Artemis has shown a mixed response. I congratulate Andy Weir of trying to…

Vangelis (29th March 1943- 17th May 2022)

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Vangelis – A Personal Voyage I was sad recently to hear of the passing of Vangelis at the age of 79, being a reclusive and private man it took a few days for the news to come out. I have been enthralled by his music for decades there has barely been a week where I haven’t listened to at least one of his compositions. There are plenty of obituaries published which will tell you of his full life, I thought though as my tribute I would talk about my personal…