Friday, August 29, 2025

Book Review - Nexus of Truth: The Berkelium Effect

This is the second book in Douglas Talbott's series.  I thought the story was better in this book and less technical than the first book. I felt that some parts were explained later in the book, which closed out storylines that should have been resolved near the beginning of the book, as it left me wondering what happened to those characters.  Also, he has one chapter that repeats itself only a couple of pages apart. I thought my Kindle had swiped left when I moved.

I would still recommend the book series 

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Sergeant Abuse

A sergeant gives a private a hard time. He says, "Private, I bet you are just waiting for me to die so you can come and urinate on my grave!"
The private replied, "No sir, when I get out of the army I am not going to stand in more long, long lines!"

#joke #short

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Book Review - The Berkelium Mass - Book 1

This book by Doug Talbott is a fascinating concept.  A person creates an AI Digital assistant with whom they partner to develop a new type of power source, a perpetual motion power generator, and a reactionless space drive, enabling space flight.  The story starts pretty techy, so some readers may get lost on what is being covered, but it settles down later in the book. There were some things indicated in the story that I had to research to validate if they could even exist as we know them now.

This is book 1 of a 3 part series.

I know Doug personally as I was stationed and roomed with him in the U.S.Air Force at Ellsworth AFB, SD.  When I roomed with him back in 1979, his house had multiple bookcases of sci-fi books, which you can see reflected in his writing and background.  He is also passionate about 3D printing, a key factor in this book, which explores how they produce new power sources and reactionless space drives.

If you are into tech sci-fi, I recommend this book.

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Getting Old

You know you're getting old when...
When your son's hair is turning gray.

#joke #short

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Friday, August 15, 2025

Book Review - Forsaken Mercenary - Judgement

The final chapter of this 12-book Space Opera. The final Battle against the ultimate evil, The Darkening.  Daniel has assembled his team, comprising his pack of Super soldiers. Also, he has new allies who have fought the Darkening in the past at significant cost, Earth's Artifact Guardians who have gone insane, and creatures of old mythology, to take the war to end the threat against the galaxy.  The battle comes at a high cost. Not everyone is going to survive.  

This book kept me up until 4:00 am, eager to see if Daniel is successful. I could not stop reading this one until the end.

I would highly recommend this author, as he knows how to put a great story together. When you think you know what is going to happen, he adds a twist to change direction.