Category Archives: Planetary Romance

Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card (TOR, 1986 {Macmillan Audio, Narrators: David Birney, Stefan Rudnicki, and Cast})

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Thomas Evans

With the impending release of Ender’s Game, I decided to review Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card’s sequel-of-sorts to his most famous tale… for a full review go to http://www.sophyanempire.wordpress.com Continue reading →

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The Archaeologists’ Guide to Reading the Culture: A Farewell to Iain M. BanksAn Archaeologists’ Guide to Iain M. Banks

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Thomas Evans

Tom mourns the passing of Iain M. Banks by listing the order he suggests reading his books… Continue reading →

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Happy 3rd Birthday to the Archaeologist’s Guide to the Galaxy!

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Thomas Evans

Today I celebrate the third Anniversary of this blog![1]  This year saw a continued increase in readership, and as with last year, I thought I’d do a quick breakdown of the most popular posts. First, however, I thought it only … Continue reading →

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The Archaeologists’ Guide to The Billanobian Hegemony

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Thomas Evans

T.L. Evans discusses the Billanobian Hegemeny Continue reading →

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