Thursday, January 21, 2021
Kathleen Eleanore (Green) Reed, 80, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Colonial Springs Healthcare Center in Buffalo, MO. Kathleen was born June 10, 1940 at Fort Snelling Military Base in Minnesota to Roy A. and Margaret E. (Butler) Green. Kathleen moved with her family to Desoto, KS in 1946. She graduated from DeSoto Kansas High in 1958. When at 19 years old, Kathleen moved to Kansas City, MO and worked a couple of jobs while living in a boarding home for women. During this time Kathleen met and married James Simcoe. She later married Thomas L. Reed following his discharge from the army and to this union one son and one daughter was born.
In this bi-weekly series reviewing classic science fiction and fantasy books, Alan Brown looks at the front lines and frontiers of the field; books about soldiers and spacers, scientists and engineers, explorers and adventurers. Stories full of what Shakespeare used to refer to as “alarums and excursions”: battles, chases, clashes, and the stuff of excitement.
One of my favorite science fiction writers has always been Jerry Pournelle. His politics were the polar opposite of my own, and he could be a curmudgeon at times, but he sure could write an engaging adventure story especially one centered on military characters. One of his enduring creations is the series begun with the book