" Sundiver " by David Brin, which was first published in 1980, is the first in the "Uplift" series of science fiction novels.  It is that rare thing, a novel which thinks really big, asking huge questions about man's place in the universe and coming up with answers - true in the context of the novel - which are quite terrifying, yet it remains entertaining, accessible and easy to read, and manages to address issues of the ne3d to cherish our planet and environment without becoming in the slightest degree preachy.  "Sundiver" is set in a world a few centuries from now, in a world where those who have been assessed by an exam as having a propensity to violence have been classed as "probationers," had a radio transmitter forcibly implanted in their bum so the state can track them. and deprived of most civil rights including the right to vote. It's also a world where human spaceships found "Eatees" (e.g. ETs, Extraterrestials) and w...

Another fan fiction video, with Grand Admiral Thrawn explaining how to correct the errors which made it possible for the rebellion to overthrow the Empire.

"At All Costs" by David Weber is a massive doorstep of a novel which basically finishes the original "Ms Hornblower in Space" story arc with which the Honor Harrington series of novels started off. Just as Nelson died at Trafalgar at the moment of his greatest victory, David Weber has written that he planned all along for Honor Harrington to die in the battle which forms the climax of this book. No spoilers here - you'll have to read it if you want to find out whether he stuck with that plan and whether she does. A lot of this book is a story about military victory and how it might be achieved but there is more to it than that. The Honor Harrington stories are set a few decades after the invention of "Prolong," a technology which massively extends the lifespan of those who receive it early enough in their life. A lot of the major characters in the stories have received it: and a lot of others were already past the age of being able to benefit from it w...

Another fan fiction video in which Thrawn and Pellaeon discuss the fall of the Galactic Republic.

The UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, lost his defence ministers yesterday: Secretary of State for Defence John Healey, and armed forces minister Al Carns both resigned because they did not think the PM and Treasurer had agreed to allocate enough resources to the defence of the realm. This is quite a serious matter, but the Sun Newspaper could not resist describing the position of the resigning minister in their inimitable way: "Thanks but no Tanks." 

We have reviewed a couple of books on this site by American fantasy author Michael Dalton. Two of the characters from one of his popular series, of "unconventional romance" novels, Ethan Hill's daughter Maddie and her fiance Kyle, are due to get married at the Edgewater luxury Hotel and resort in Southern Lake Tahoe, which seems remarkably like this venue , tomorrow (13th June 2026.) The Grand Admiral has asked us to convey his good wishes to Kyle and Maddie for their wedding tomorrow. Currently his flagship ISD Chimaera and the Eye of Sion intergalactic hyperspace ring are in orbit above Dathomir in what you call the Galaxy Far Far Away. In theory the Eye of Sion might be capable of making the journey to the Milky Way Galaxy for the Grand Admiral to pay his respects in person. Sadly however, due to the tragic death at the hands of Ahsoka Tano of Morgan Elspeth, the brilliant engineer and navigator who constructed the Eye and took her to the Peridia galaxy to rescue the G...