2007-08-19 Physics for fun

This quote is on the cover: "If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo". While accurate, I wouldn't take this as a complement. There are pages of dreary exposition of physics that add nothing to the story and detract from the action. The worst though is the endless right-wing diatribes against the "ragheads" etc. Again, it just detracts from the story. As "space opera" this book fails; as a polemic it is tedious; it just doesn't do its job.
Borrow it from the library and then you will know if you want to buy the series.