Rancid

The Other End of Time by Frederik Pohl My rating: 3 of 5 stars This the second time I read this book. In truth, I do remember bits of the first time. As I was reading it, some memories did come back. I remember the technology. Travel by tachyons cloning. The theory is the slowest a tachyon can travel is the speed of light. A computer breaks down anything into information and then transmit the information from one portal to another at the maximum speed a tachyon can travel. (billions of lightyears in a second. The drawback is sending the portal from one location to another. If the advanced civilization is sending a portal from one location to another, it must be done physically. There is no FTL in this series so the trip is under or at the speed of light. A trip may take thousands of years. Once the portal arrives at its destination, travel between the portals is almost instantaneous. Another aspect, remember (if you are familiar with Star Trek TOS) How Dr. McCoy did not like transpo...

Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott My rating: 2 of 5 stars It is a space opera, more about SJW female empowerment. It is entertaining. The hierarchy in this novel is female based. The Empire is led by a queen Marshall and she can have many consorts. These marriages are for political reasons. The only interesting things that I saw with the book as I was reading had to do with what is called the "Banner soldiers". The banner soldiers are supposed to fight to the death because they are genetically created this way. It reminds me of the Jem Hadar from the Star Trek series Deep Space Nine. They were genetically-engineered to serve as shock troopers for the Dominion and were feared throughout the galaxy as the brutal face of Dominion oppression. Aggressive and independent, yet honorable, the Jem'Hadar were kept loyal to their creators by means of a congenital addiction to the Founder-controlled drug ketracel-whit. (trek wiki) Would I recommend anybody to read this book well i...