Rogue Berserker

I came away from reading this book with the feeling that there was something wrong with it, and it took me a while to realize what it was: there was a major plot point left unresolved, in that the motivation of one of the characters for doing something really weird was never convincingly explained. A......more

Slow start, but picked up about half-way through. I would give it 3.5 if I could......more

One of the best samples of Berserker story. Likeable and roguish main character. Twisted machine personalities and lot of intreagues.......more

It's always fun to read an old-fashion space opera, and that's what this is. There are robotic aliens bent on destroying life, a reasonably likable space pilot, and (other than FTL and a few other things you almost always have to suspend disbelief for in stories of this kind) the science isn't bad.......more

The back cover kind-of gives away the book's big secret so I found it really annoying that the protagonist remained so dense for so much of the book. The constant wondering what it all meant just made him look stupid. Oh, yes, but then he finally starts to suspect and voices his suspicions to anothe......more