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A Terrible New Enemy – Review of The Wounded Frontier

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on February 17, 2019 by Michael D. SmithJuly 11, 2020

After the collapse of the Grid, the vast collective mind of the Alpha Centaurians, humans and Martians in the United System Space Force now find themselves included in a new Grid, one they are told is completely voluntary, but who … Continue reading →

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Ronan of Space (The Falkrow Narratives Book 3), by Kara D. Wilson – Review

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on December 1, 2018 by Michael D. SmithDecember 1, 2018

Though Rhys Falkrow, now grown to full adulthood, still figures prominently in this final book of the Falkrow Narratives and links the three novels together, his seventeen-year-old son Ronan now takes center stage and matures through a series of fast-paced … Continue reading →

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Rhys of Quadrant Six by Kara D. Wilson – Review

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on January 11, 2017 by Michael D. SmithJanuary 11, 2017

Fascinating and Unexpected Directions in Book II Rhys of Quadrant Six, Book II of the Falkrow Narratives, takes up shortly after the action in Book I, Rhys of Earth, but accelerates into fascinating and unexpected directions as it amplifies the … Continue reading →

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The Regent’s Daughter by Kara D. Wilson – Review

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on December 26, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJune 26, 2019

Epic Coming of Age Story Newly Re-Released from Goldminds Publishing The first book of The Aurora Chronicles follows eleven-year-old Reila as she grows to maturity and becomes aware of her destiny to lead a foreign country, the prosperous and psychically-oriented … Continue reading →

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The Hunter’s Rede (The Chronicles of Ealiron Book One) – Review

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 28, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJune 26, 2019

Fantasy author F. T. McKinstry offers a 2016 second edition of The Hunter’s Rede, now available from Amazon. The Hunters’ Rede, Book One of The Chronicles of Ealiron, offers an absorbing look into the psyche of a hired assassin with … Continue reading →

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Reviewing Reviews

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on September 13, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJune 26, 2019

Recently an episode of relentless plowing through a novel I didn’t really want to read sparked a happy realization.  I’m always open to abandoning a book I’m not enjoying–after all, there are millions of great books out there, so why … Continue reading →

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The Tower Treasure Project

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 18, 2016 by Michael D. SmithDecember 25, 2024

1. The Hospital I’m not sure which copy of The Tower Treasure I read in the hospital in late February or early March 1960. The lower one pictured is the 1927 edition, the middle the 1959 revised book, and the … Continue reading →

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Rhys of Earth by Kara D. Wilson

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on August 16, 2016 by Michael D. SmithAugust 16, 2016

In Rhys of Earth, the first volume of The Falkrow Narratives, the teenaged engineer Rhys and his younger sister Alina flee the destruction of their deep space colony spaceship to find themselves marooned on an Earth abandoned by modern humans … Continue reading →

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Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey and the Endless Slog to Sanctuary and Transcendence

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on July 22, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJuly 25, 2016

I chucked this into my Goodreads list because this happens to be the first book I ever read on my own–can’t remember the age.  I ran across it recently and re-familiarized myself with it.  Not a dazzling book to my … Continue reading →

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Multilayered Characters Introduce an Epic Fantasy Series (Review of Outpost by F. T. McKinstry)

Sortmind Blog - Michael D. Smith Posted on January 31, 2016 by Michael D. SmithJanuary 31, 2016

Outpost, Book One of The Fylking, fantasy author F. T. McKinstry’s meticulously crafted new fantasy series, is a truly masterful achievement. The Fylking are powerful, otherworldy beings who use the planet Math as a portal to numerous planes of existence … Continue reading →

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