I was thinking about Ric Locke and Temporary Duty a little while back. He was a good dude (and a commenter here). He wrote a good book. I wish he was still here to finish the sequel, and maybe a few more… actually, I just wish he was still here.
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Dammit, dammit, DAMN IT.
Glenn Reynolds is reporting that blogger (and Moelane.com commenter) Ric Locke passed. I only knew him online, but Ric was always a very fine fellow on his visits here – and, of course, he wrote a very nice book in Temporary Duty*. I meant to ask him if he was going to need any help with the sequel to that.
I’ll miss him.
Moe Lane
*I was going to just give the link and not do the Amazon Associate thing… and then I imagined what pungent things Ric would have said if I had done something so anti-capitalist. I am going to find out if there’s a charity going to be associated with him, though.
Forget everything I just said: hit Ric Locke’s tip jar instead.
Just finished Temporary Duty…
…on the Kindle. Temporary Duty was written by frequent commenter here Ric Locke: it’s a first novel, and I enjoyed reading it. Sort of US Navy Meets Doc EE Smith, with a bit of modern military SF exasperation with current political-cultural trends mixed in. Pros: interesting character, good use of space opera tropes. Cons: the ending could have used a little more work and a bit more foreshadowing. Still, at three bucks for the Kindle* it’s a steal: I read the whole thing more or less in one sitting.
Check it out.
Moe Lane
*I am still surprised at how easy it is to read from a Kindle