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_Positive Discipline for Preschoolers_
_One Day On Mars_, Travis Taylor
Taylor has been writing slam-bang hyperphysics action-adventure SF, the sort where an almost-lone scientist invents a machine for snarfing cosmic energy in the first chapter, which lets him build the warp drive in the second chapter, the third chapter is concerned with building a spaceship, in the fourth he and a gorgeous female companion go off into space, in the fifth they meet aliens, and by the end of the book they are benevolent dictators of the galaxy.
This is not that.
No, this is Clancy-style A-plot, B-plot, C-plot. A is Die Hard on Mars. B is VeritechTransformerTransfigurable Fighter Mecha Pilots - on Mars. And the C plot is the extremely short tale of an undercover spy.
Not well-written. Taylor can (and has) done better.
_Positive Discipline for Preschoolers_: treat them like humans. Ignorant but well-meaning humans.
_One Day On Mars_, Travis Taylor
Taylor has been writing slam-bang hyperphysics action-adventure SF, the sort where an almost-lone scientist invents a machine for snarfing cosmic energy in the first chapter, which lets him build the warp drive in the second chapter, the third chapter is concerned with building a spaceship, in the fourth he and a gorgeous female companion go off into space, in the fifth they meet aliens, and by the end of the book they are benevolent dictators of the galaxy.
This is not that.
No, this is Clancy-style A-plot, B-plot, C-plot. A is Die Hard on Mars. B is Veritech
Not well-written. Taylor can (and has) done better.
_Positive Discipline for Preschoolers_: treat them like humans. Ignorant but well-meaning humans.
