Richard Schwartz

Thanks, Kurt

Reviewed: 06-03-25

Thanks, Kurt, for a great story. Your descriptions of life in California are very very close to reality. (That is why I now have left had live in Nevada.) I have actually met some of the characters you mentioned in the story. As I was once active in democratic politics there. However, although I am from California, I am married to an actual woman.

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Not Believable

Reviewed: 11-26-24

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. It is certain that there is life elsewhere in the universe; some les advanced than us, some more advanced, and some at about our level. But conversation over a distance of 666 light years is mighty slow.

Missing evidence? A live alien prisoner or a defector who has fallen in love with an earth woman (a common theme in Greek and other mythologies). A lab report on recovered non-human objects or materials. A clear photo.

Conspiracy? Yeah plenty of evidence of that. It must be true. I saw it on the internet, in a report from Rine Institute and a book by George Adamski.

Bottom line: author is clearly possessed by intergalactic alien demons!

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Tech Advisor Needed

Reviewed: 11-18-24

Clearly, author has never been in an earthquake and has not bothered to learn about them. There are large areas of U.S. where they don’t happen. And no way is a Damocles infection is going to trigger a quake. Sci-fi good. Implausible fantasy bad.

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Weaknesses Not Explored

Reviewed: 10-04-24

Weaknesses of the Legion military structure were not explored. This work was an excellent demonstration of the Legion's superiority over the Phalanx and the roots of the two structures in the differing social structures of Rome and Greece, but eventually the Legion failed. The Legion failed when swarms of horse mounted archers arrived from central Asia: first the early Persians, then the Huns, the Mongolians, and finally the Turks, who reduced the Roman state to three cities and finally and made it their own. The Turks brought an important game changing technology to warfare: firearms. Although author Myke Cole talks about the importance of attack by missiles such as javelin, sling bullets, and arrows, but he could have had a final chapter on the arrival of firearms.

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We Must Stick Together

Reviewed: 10-04-24

The main idea behind this story is that as individuals we are powerless, but when we stick together, help each other, make use of different skill sets, and get enough sex from eager women, anything is possible... even survival through the coming war and dictatorship. Author could show a little deeper understanding of Islam. What part of One God,, creator of all (including women) does he disagree with? But I'm on my way to the gun store tomorrow to get an AR. I want it with a suppressor and a bipod; I already have a bayonet on my present rifle, which I use for bunny hunting. Gives me and the rabbits good aerobic exercise, and nobody gets hurt. I never had much luck with Amfo as an explosive for IED use. I have a much more powerful formula, easily made from stuff you can get at home depot. However, you need a blasting cap to initiate it. I have begun prepping, but do not yet have an underground bunker.

The author seems to be obsessed with women and sex. I consider that a sign of good mental health. But the women are all so willing, that is unrealistic. Women will bargain carefully getting the best deal from the best possible partner before closing the deal. Like a certain profession that is perfectly legal here in Nevada.

With current tensions in the middle east (as of October, 2024), I think we are closer to a TEOTWAWKI event than most people realize. This book has lots of great ideas on how you can prepare. But author A.J. Newman emphasizes that the most important thing is to be a member of a group of folks that you trust. As a loner you prospects are much worse.

Will you be ready when the Shahn has the fit?

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Ridiculous!

Reviewed: 07-15-24

When doing stories about aviation, a licensed pilot is preferred as an author. The drama depicted in this story about Amelia Earhart is merely the imagination of one who has never piloted aircraft and has no knowledge of aircraft operation, weather impact on flight, radio technology, or navigation. At the very least, the author could have realized his own shortcomings, and attempted to educate himself by consultation with one who is knowledgeable, or even get some flight instruction. It’s not that difficult.

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One incorrect detail

Reviewed: 07-13-24

There is no such country as Tibet. The corrupt theocracy there, which had been backed by expansionist India, was removed by the people in the early 1950’s, and that territory is part of China. At the time, both the PRC and the KMT government on Taiwan supported this necessary move.

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Criminality

Reviewed: 06-29-24

This work exposes the moral corruption of the nicotine industry. It is right up there with homeopathy and cannabis as scheme to detach people from their cash and well being. The resources and political clout of these industries makes regulation almost impossible.

When I was 12, I swiped a couple of my dad’s cigarettes. I boiled them in a cup of water and poured the tea down an ant hill. End of the entire colony. I suspected this would work because I saw nicotine listed as an ingredient on an insecticide bottle.

Of course I was not a social hit with the “mature” girls like the ones in the cig commercials. Just as well; a lot of them had S.T.D.

The upside of all tlhis is that the weak and stupid among us do not collect Social Security. Maybe that is why government does not crack down on the industry.

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Do Cannibals Eat Zombies?

Reviewed: 06-21-24

The previous books of this series were based on the good guy’s failure to pull the trigger promptly when he had a villain in his sights. Now it is racist bias against those who honor the dead by using them to increase the proteins in their diet. What’s next? Angels, demons, mutant space aliens and Bigfoot?

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Might have been five stars, but…

Reviewed: 06-16-24

Author has poor understanding of asymmetric warfare.
- guns have magazines, not “clips”
- Molotov cocktails and buried IED’s are effective antitank weapons
- rate of fire of 1600 rounds per minute lasts only five seconds
- drinking bad water makes you sick
- radio communication exists, as well as optical telegraphy (heliograph) with 20 mile range. Fancy gear not required for Morris code.
- there is great competition for the affection of beautiful women in their early twenties.
- Captain Hook could be gravely injured picking his nose or scratching his behind with his prosthetic hook

and lots more

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