View from the Imperium

Jeeves of the Space Ways – fun & thrilling Ensign Thomas Kinago starts by making a fool of himself the first day by pimping out his uniform in admiral stripes and arriving late to his first dinner with an Admiral known for adhering strictly to punctuality. The dressing-down he gets afterwards is a be......more

Very silly, but fun to read. Imagine what a Miles Vorkosigan novel would be like, if Miles was truly clueless.......more

A bit disappointing novel that starts great but fizzles after the first third since the premise is thin and wears fast. For a similar but better novel - or at least one that holds its own for the full novel though even there i got tired by mid-second installment and stopped reading - I recomend Spac......more

A bloody good read, or in my case listen as I got the audio. In this case the audio brought the novel to life with such panash that I had to immediately grab the rest of the batch. Thoroughly enjoyed the character of Thomas Kinago and the narrator was without doubt a winner. Well done on a winner fo......more

The author described this series at a convention I attended as "P.G. Wodehouse in Space". But it's not just that. It starts with Wooster – I mean Kinago – as a junior naval officer (in space!) with his bumbling artlessness clashing with naval discipline. This is a modernized take on the leisure clas......more