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Mutineers' Moon by David Weber My rating: 3 of 5 stars Mutineer Moon by David Weber. David Weber is a good sci-fi author with many award winning novels under his belt. One series that is enjoyable is his ‘Safehold Series’ and his ‘Honor Harrington’ series. ‘Mutineer Moon’ is from his “Ashes from the Empire”. This novel would be of particular interest. There are many stories about “what inside the moon”. There are also many stories about 2 different species of humans living on earth. One species is the parents and the ancestors of a second one. The ancestor species are called Imperials and the secondary are called Terrans. I wonder if Weber reads The Bible, or is he familiar with the Epic of Gilgamesh or just watches “Ancient Aliens and get his ideas from there. I do know that David Weber keeps his stories consistent. In his books there are lost civilizations and empires, then there is the alien civilization that is stagnant but powerful and always ready to wipe and other civiliz...

This the second time I will review my thoughts on the Hyperion Cantos epic poem by Dan Simmons. I have finished reading all the books directly related to the poem from Hyperion to The Rise of Endymion. There are other novels in the Hyperion Universe, but they are not part of the poem. This epic falls in the categories of other epics of sci-fi like Dune and The Foundation series. Many who have seen the jacket cover of the original novel may believe that the novel contains elements of fantasy which involves spiritism or demonism because of the thorny creature depicted on the book cover or jacket. The creature seen there is known as the Shrike. It is not a demon. Without major spoilers, just picture the Shrike as a Cylon adaptation with mechanical appendages. It is not a demon. I have never seen a demon so... The Cantos is a masterpiece from the vivid imagination of the author. It contains all the elements pertaining to the genre of hard science fiction. Many readers will have diffic...