GW Pub, 2000, $6.95, ISBN 0-671-78399-8, 279 pgs., paperback

I bought this at a used book sale for 50 cents, and that’s about what it’s worth. It’s another milled novel centered on the Warhammer 40K universe. Then again, I knew I was buying such a novel because I was looking for brainless sci-fi. I found it.

Space Wolf follows the teenager Ragnar as he crunches skulls Viking Style in tribal warfare, then gets drafted by the Space Wolves Marines, where he undergoes lots of tests, faces death, and laughs all the way into the brainwashed quasi-theocratic chapter. No need for subtlety in the far future, just stand up, pull the trigger, and waste everything in front of Ragnar the destroyer.

Ho hum.

If you’re 10 years old, this is probably a great book. If you’re past puberty, buy this--or any other GW imprint--only if you need some brainless eye exercise.

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