The Orbital Review

The Orbital Review is a literary journal under Orbital Press that delves into a wide range of topics. Featuring insightful book reviews by D.J. Hoskins, the journal also includes chess analyses, personal essays, reflective pieces, and poems, offering readers a thoughtful blend of literary critique and creative exploration.

Essays

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A.I. Sentience – You Won’t Know When It Wakes Up
Essays
A.I. Sentience – You Won’t Know When It Wakes Up
Essays
Essays
Blindfold Chess vs. Regular Chess
Essays
Blindfold Chess vs. Regular Chess
Essays
Essays
What is primordial time?
Essays
What is primordial time?
Essays
Essays
What is primordial light?
Essays
What is primordial light?
Essays
Essays
What is the Dao?
Essays
What is the Dao?
Essays
Essays
A Message For President Trump
Essays
A Message For President Trump
Essays
Essays
Sacrificing Chess for Go
Essays
Sacrificing Chess for Go
Essays
Essays
The Power of Libraries
Essays
The Power of Libraries
Essays
Essays
An Expanding Universe</a>
Essays
An Expanding Universe
Essays
Essays
Understanding Kafka's Pain</a>
Essays
Understanding Kafka's Pain
Essays
Essays
Why I Go To The Chess Club
Essays
Why I Go To The Chess Club
Essays
Essays
The Dangers Of Hyper-intellectualism</a>
Essays
The Dangers Of Hyper-intellectualism
Essays
Essays
How To Prevent School From Destroying Your Creativity
Essays
How To Prevent School From Destroying Your Creativity
Essays
Essays
Why Is The Pen Mightier Than The Sword?
Essays
Why Is The Pen Mightier Than The Sword?
Essays
Essays
Why I Workout To Write - Training And Resilience
Essays
Why I Workout To Write - Training And Resilience
Essays
Essays
My Life As Time
Essays
My Life As Time
Essays
Essays
We Cannot Be Decent
Essays
We Cannot Be Decent
Essays
Essays
Gust
Essays
Gust
Essays
Essays
Why Is Artificial Intelligence So Scary?
Essays
Why Is Artificial Intelligence So Scary?
Essays
Essays
So You Want to be a Genius
Essays
So You Want to be a Genius
Essays
Essays
Melancholic
Essays
Melancholic
Essays
Essays
Institutional Level Scams
Essays
Institutional Level Scams
Essays
Essays
Finally A Rat
Essays
Finally A Rat
Essays
Essays
AC-130 Gunship: Iraq
Essays
AC-130 Gunship: Iraq
Essays
Essays
Infinite Sea: Imagination, Isolation, and Writing
Essays
Infinite Sea: Imagination, Isolation, and Writing
Essays
Essays
A Writer’s Duty
Essays
A Writer’s Duty
Essays
Essays
A Writers Fate
Essays
A Writers Fate
Essays
Essays
Playing Pretend In Class
Essays
Playing Pretend In Class
Essays
Essays
Old Dog Inside
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Old Dog Inside
Essays
Essays
All Writers Hate Each Other, Chess Players Have Tolerance
Essays
All Writers Hate Each Other, Chess Players Have Tolerance
Essays
Essays

Book Reviews

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Book Review: Tragedy and Hope - Part 1
Jason Hoskins
Book Review: Tragedy and Hope - Part 1
Jason Hoskins
Jason Hoskins
Book Review: Spare by Prince Harry
Davena Hoskins
Book Review: Spare by Prince Harry
Davena Hoskins
Davena Hoskins
Einstein: His Life and Universe Book Review
Jason Hoskins
Einstein: His Life and Universe Book Review
Jason Hoskins
Jason Hoskins

Poetry

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To Go Still, Forever
Poetry
To Go Still, Forever
Poetry
Poetry
The Charade Of Formal Education
Poetry
The Charade Of Formal Education
Poetry
Poetry
Humble And Humbled
Poetry
Humble And Humbled
Poetry
Poetry
Chained To Life
Poetry
Chained To Life
Poetry
Poetry
Master Of Art
Poetry
Master Of Art
Poetry
Poetry
Drifting
Poetry
Drifting
Poetry
Poetry
Literal Thinkers
Poetry
Literal Thinkers
Poetry
Poetry
The Walking Dead
Poetry
The Walking Dead
Poetry
Poetry
Restart With Knowledge
Poetry
Restart With Knowledge
Poetry
Poetry
Brightly Burning
Poetry
Brightly Burning
Poetry
Poetry
Daggered Intellectuals
Poetry
Daggered Intellectuals
Poetry
Poetry
Castled Girl
Poetry
Castled Girl
Poetry
Poetry
Past to Present
Poetry
Past to Present
Poetry
Poetry
Soul Searching
Poetry
Soul Searching
Poetry
Poetry
Mandated Entrapment
Poetry
Mandated Entrapment
Poetry
Poetry
Feminine Petals… A Poem Of Womanhood And Age
Poetry
Feminine Petals… A Poem Of Womanhood And Age
Poetry
Poetry
Attuned Words… A Poem Of Writing And Imagination
Poetry
Attuned Words… A Poem Of Writing And Imagination
Poetry
Poetry
Literary Posers
Poetry
Literary Posers
Poetry
Poetry
Autumn Rain… A Poem Of Cold Fall
Poetry
Autumn Rain… A Poem Of Cold Fall
Poetry
Poetry
Flourished Gold… A Poem Of Birth And Adversity
Poetry
Flourished Gold… A Poem Of Birth And Adversity
Poetry
Poetry
Frostbit Wanderers… A Poem Of Feeling Lost
Poetry
Frostbit Wanderers… A Poem Of Feeling Lost
Poetry
Poetry
A Warning To Tiger Parents
Poetry
A Warning To Tiger Parents
Poetry
Poetry
She Made Me Feel…
Poetry
She Made Me Feel…
Poetry
Poetry
Red War… A Poem Of Loss And Death
Poetry
Red War… A Poem Of Loss And Death
Poetry
Poetry
The Smile
Poetry
The Smile
Poetry
Poetry
Love is…
Poetry
Love is…
Poetry
Poetry

Chess

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How Chess Evolves Into Paranoia
Chess
How Chess Evolves Into Paranoia
Chess
Chess
What It’s Like To Write A Chess Book
Chess
What It’s Like To Write A Chess Book
Chess
Chess
What Writing 5 Chess Books Has Taught Me
Chess
What Writing 5 Chess Books Has Taught Me
Chess
Chess
Humility Of The Chess Computer</a>
Chess
Humility Of The Chess Computer
Chess
Chess
The Limits And Advantages Of Using Chess Logic In Daily Life
Chess
The Limits And Advantages Of Using Chess Logic In Daily Life
Chess
Chess

Short Stories

Featured
Bastion - Chapter 4
Short Stories
Bastion - Chapter 4
Short Stories
Short Stories
Old Joints
Short Stories
Old Joints
Short Stories
Short Stories
The Twin Left Behind
Short Stories
The Twin Left Behind
Short Stories
Short Stories
Bastion - Chapter 3
Short Stories
Bastion - Chapter 3
Short Stories
Short Stories
Bastion - Chapter 2
Short Stories
Bastion - Chapter 2
Short Stories
Short Stories
Russian Invasion
Short Stories
Russian Invasion
Short Stories
Short Stories
Bastion - Chapter 1
Short Stories
Bastion - Chapter 1
Short Stories
Short Stories

Book Samples

Photography

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Flat Tire…
Flat Tire…
Visiting Yale University
Visiting Yale University
Visiting Emily Dickinson’s House
Visiting Emily Dickinson’s House
Visiting Dartmouth
Visiting Dartmouth
Visiting Great Falls Park
Visiting Great Falls Park
Princeton University - Inside and Out
Princeton University - Inside and Out
Visiting The University of Delaware
Visiting The University of Delaware
Princeton University Lake - Night Fall
Princeton University Lake - Night Fall
My Car
My Car
Frog Ponds Nature Park
Frog Ponds Nature Park
Fort Hunt Park
Fort Hunt Park
Antietam National Battlefield - Winter
Antietam National Battlefield - Winter
Downs Park
Downs Park
Greenbrier State Park - Winter
Greenbrier State Park - Winter
Antietam National Cemetary
Antietam National Cemetary
Visiting BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham
Visiting BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art
Visiting University of Pennsylvania
Visiting University of Pennsylvania
Inside Albert Einstein’s Classroom - Princeton University
Inside Albert Einstein’s Classroom - Princeton University
Visiting Georgetown University
Visiting Georgetown University
Trip to Guam
Trip to Guam

Videos

Featured
Day 3 - Short Story Collection: City Cat 10 - Part 1
Day 3 - Short Story Collection: City Cat 10 - Part 1
Day 2 - Short Story Collection: City Cat 9 - Part 2
Day 2 - Short Story Collection: City Cat 9 - Part 2
Day 1 - Short Story Collection: City Cat 9 - Part 1
Day 1 - Short Story Collection: City Cat 9 - Part 1
Day 6 - Book Project; Chess Studies: Lessons in Defeat - No Commentary
Day 6 - Book Project; Chess Studies: Lessons in Defeat - No Commentary
Day 4 - (Technical Difficulties) Book Project; Chess Studies: Lessons in Defeat
Day 4 - (Technical Difficulties) Book Project; Chess Studies: Lessons in Defeat
Day 5 - (Resolved Technical Difficulties) Book Project; Chess Studies: Lessons in Defeat
Day 5 - (Resolved Technical Difficulties) Book Project; Chess Studies: Lessons in Defeat

Music

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Spartan Anthem - Epic Music Genre
Spartan Anthem - Epic Music Genre
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Roxy’s Night Club - Wave, Trance Genre
Roxy’s Night Club - Wave, Trance Genre
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Sidewalk Shadows - Dark Wave, Gothic Genre
Sidewalk Shadows - Dark Wave, Gothic Genre
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Sun Shroud - Wave, Trance Genre
Sun Shroud - Wave, Trance Genre
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Encantis - Epic Music Genre
Encantis - Epic Music Genre
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Life After Writing 30 Books
Princeton, Essays Davena Hoskins Princeton, Essays Davena Hoskins

Life After Writing 30 Books

On the other side of success lies emptiness.

I once thought that after writing 30 books with my brother, I would be imbued with a profound sense of fulfillment, a distinct notion of accomplishment that would be coupled with achievement.

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