Showing posts with label Jeremiah Tolbert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeremiah Tolbert. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Saturday, December 16, 2017
The Dissonant Note, by Jeremiah Tolbert
(SF Adventure) On a starship crewed by electronic minds, Cee seeks help to fight her sister Dee, even though it might put the whole mission at risk. (5,323 words; Time: 17m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Thursday, October 5, 2017
The Dragon of Dread Peak, by Jeremiah Tolbert
(YA Portal Fantasy; Dungeonspace) Flip and his teenage friends accept a dangerous mission to steal from a dragon. They’re really too green to attempt this, the dragon is very old and powerful, and they’re falling behind on their trigonometry homework. (23,963 words; Time: 1h:19m)
Rating: ★★★★★ Fun, Exciting, and Touching
Although this can stand by itself, start with Cavern of the Screaming Eye.
Thursday, January 12, 2017
The West Topeka Triangle, by Jeremiah Tolbert
(Horror) Jason struggles with a bully in elementary school, a stepdad who hates him, and he thinks the local equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle is causing local kids to disappear. (8,482 words; Time: 28m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
Thursday, October 13, 2016
The Cavern of the Screaming Eye, by Jeremiah Tolbert
★★★★☆ Recommended
(Portal Fantasy; Dungeonspace) Teenage Ivan lost his brother in d-Space, but his new friend Domino is eager to explore a dungeon that's supposed to be safe. (9,140 words; Time: 30m)
Recommended By: 👍RHorton.r+1 👍RSR+1 (Q&A)
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Taste the Singularity at the Food Truck Circus, by Jeremiah Tolbert
(Near-Future SF) Nico's boring life as an accountant changes when he meets an old friend who's involved with the illegal food scene in Kansas City.
(8,405 words)
Rating: 3,
Average
Monday, February 1, 2016
Not by Wardrobe, Tornado, or Looking Glass, by Jeremiah Tolbert
(Urban Fantasy) Rabbit holes open at random, summoning people to fairy-tale universes where they are the heroes. Louisa keeps waiting for one to open for her. (5,142 words; Time: 17m)
Rating: ★★★★☆ Recommended
Recommended By: SFRevu:4 GDozois:4 RHorton:5Friday, October 16, 2015
Men of Unborrowed Vision, by Jeremiah Tolbert
Lightspeed Magazine, January 2015; 7,429 words
Rating: 2, Not recommended
Rating: 2, Not recommended
Mara is a college student who flies drones to monitor police brutality at protests, but she knows something is wrong when no one at all shows up for a protest.
Mini-Review (click to view--possible spoilers)
Pro: Mara starts with a mystery and ends up solving it.
Con: The strong political message detracts from the story. Some of the political message is in dialogue or in the message from the terrorists, but some of it is directly from the narrator. Mara's decision to reject Adam because his parents have money seems childish. The idea that Adam's parents know about the Randian terrorists just because they happen to be rich is also impossible to credit.
Con: The strong political message detracts from the story. Some of the political message is in dialogue or in the message from the terrorists, but some of it is directly from the narrator. Mara's decision to reject Adam because his parents have money seems childish. The idea that Adam's parents know about the Randian terrorists just because they happen to be rich is also impossible to credit.
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