The Looking Glass alternatively known as the Voyage of the Space Bubble is a hard military science fiction series of novels by John Ringo. The first novel of the series was Into the Looking Glass that was first published in 2005 to much critical acclaim and commercial success.
The Looking Glass series centers on the creation of “looking glasses” a type of trans-space portals. The glasses have recently been discovered and the narratives are based on what effect the discovery has had including how the discovery of things on portals has changed life both on Earth and off it. At the opening of the series a cataclysmic event occurs that leads to the opening of several portals that lead to a different universe. The novels are full of non-friendly …show more content…
Adams the SEAL Chief and Dr. William Weaver make a comeback on a ship named the SBN Nebraska a converted ship ready to take on the vagaries of interstellar space. But even as they are the leads in the investigation activities, the Force Recon Marines who are fed manure and kept in the dark often have to bear the brunt of the action. But that only lasts until the team lands onto an alien planet and have to take up arms themselves. The Vorpal Blade ranges in themes from beauty and health tips, cosmology, particle physics, and armored space monsters. It is an excellent story that returns to the traditional science fiction conventions when the beasts were ugly and intractable.
Claws That Catch the fourth novel of the series is a great novel in the series about news from a distant planet. An ancient civilization is rumored to have created a powerful energy source that is key to the energy needs of the Vorpal Blade. But on the way to learn and find the distant civilization the team encounters much more than they bargained for. To make matters worse the ship is suddenly attacked and infested by a rabid species of scorpion like arachnoids that could wipe out the entire
The Looking Glass series centers on the creation of “looking glasses” a type of trans-space portals. The glasses have recently been discovered and the narratives are based on what effect the discovery has had including how the discovery of things on portals has changed life both on Earth and off it. At the opening of the series a cataclysmic event occurs that leads to the opening of several portals that lead to a different universe. The novels are full of non-friendly …show more content…
Adams the SEAL Chief and Dr. William Weaver make a comeback on a ship named the SBN Nebraska a converted ship ready to take on the vagaries of interstellar space. But even as they are the leads in the investigation activities, the Force Recon Marines who are fed manure and kept in the dark often have to bear the brunt of the action. But that only lasts until the team lands onto an alien planet and have to take up arms themselves. The Vorpal Blade ranges in themes from beauty and health tips, cosmology, particle physics, and armored space monsters. It is an excellent story that returns to the traditional science fiction conventions when the beasts were ugly and intractable.
Claws That Catch the fourth novel of the series is a great novel in the series about news from a distant planet. An ancient civilization is rumored to have created a powerful energy source that is key to the energy needs of the Vorpal Blade. But on the way to learn and find the distant civilization the team encounters much more than they bargained for. To make matters worse the ship is suddenly attacked and infested by a rabid species of scorpion like arachnoids that could wipe out the entire