On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:31 PM Charles Brogdon (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

Just picked it up from Audible, will advise...

On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 10:07:58 AM CST, Timothy Collinson <xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:

Anyway, it's a fun read so far so you might want to check it out. I'll report back if there's more to like (or not to like...)

tc

I've been steadily consuming the Black Ocean Mobius Missions by J.S. Morin. His universe has magic (with astral space standing in for jump space) but is otherwise quite Traveleresque, as the stories focus on the polyglot crew of an armed merchant vessel and their usually-illegal shenanigans. The ship's putative Captain is a shameless con man whose principle utility is his consumate skill at lying. While the character is also a former ace fighter pilot, he is seldom allowed to pilot the ship, since he tries to fly it like his old fighter!

Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident." Robert A. Heinlein

"I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as Muhammed." Alexis de Tocqueville

"We know a little about a lot of things; just enough to make us dangerous." Dean Winchester (fictional monster hunter portrayed by Jensen Ackles)

"It has been my experience that a gun doesn't care who pulls its trigger." Newton Knight (as portrayed by Matthew McConaughey), to a scoffing Confederate tax collector facing the weapons held by Knight's young children and wife.