Stuff I've read lately

"Ghost" (John Ringo) - I wasn't happy with this one. More Tom Clancy than SF. Also, the whole middle of the book is like a weird ad for kinky sex. Not sure what Ringo was trying for. But, I guess you have to give extra points for the main character killing Osama Bin Laden and sending his head to President Bush...

Stuff I've read lately

"Von Neumann's War" (John Ringo) - This is a standalone novel. It covers an invasion of the solar system by self-replicating robots (ala a proposal by Von Neumann for a method for us to explore the galaxy). Fortunately for us, the probes programmers didn't expect concerted, intelligent opposition - humans are able to reprogram them just in time to prevent our extermination. Think "Independence Day", with more marines and less Jeff Goldblum.