Flagship
Starship #5
Mike Resnick
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Deus Ex Machina. Big time. Glad the series is over.
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Flagship
Starship #5
Mike Resnick
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Deus Ex Machina. Big time. Glad the series is over.
Rebel
Starship #4
Mike Resnick
3 of 5 Stars
I enjoyed this little book, but not as much as the previous 3 [Mutineer, Pirate & Mercenary] and I am not sure why.
I think there was more ship fighting action, more intrigue and more dastardly evilness by the Navy. But it just didn’t do it for me.
Everything I read by Resnick I compare to my first read of Santiago back in Junior High and while that was around 2 decades ago, I still remember it as total awesomeness. So Resnick has to live up to my juniorhigh memories [with all of the uninformed, immature and juvenile tastes that go along with that time period] while engaging me as a mid 30’s adult.
that is just not fair. But who said life is fair, eh? The immortal Charles Dickens certainly did not 😉
MERCENARY
Starship #3
Mike Resnick
Epub-338 pages
3 Stars
Scifi
The Crew become mercenaries and win battle after battle, usually through brain, not brawn. Clever, witty. Same as the previous books. If you liked them, you’ll like this.
The shine is starting to wear thin on the Captain’s brilliance though, which is why this got 3 starts instead of 4.
PIRATE
Starship #2
Mike Resnick
Epub-165 pages
4 Stars
Scifi
The captain and crew decide to pirate other pirates. By the end of the story they realize that that won’t cut it and are thinking about becoming mercenaries. Resnick’s universe is full of historical character references and this one was with Dickens. I loved it.
A nice formulaic mashed potatoes and gravy of a story. And the inclusion of Dickens’ references made me happy. Nothing spectacular stands out, but I had fun reading this and enjoyed the unfolding story.
Mutiny
Starship #1
Mike Resnick
SF
3 Stars
163 Pages, Epub
taking place in the same universe as the Santiago books, this is about a misfit Space Navy guy who is so disgusted at his superiors, for punishing him for doing a good job because it wasn’t by the book, that he convinces a ragtag crew to turn pirate with him. I guess there are several more books in the series. I’m going to try to find them.
A good yarn about a good man driven to the extremes by the complete incompetence of his superiors.
I gave a ‘hurrah!’ when he commissioned a Jolly Roger flag at the end.
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