A really fun read. I will definitely recommend this book to friends.

Enjoyed this novel! Dr. Miller's hero, Robert, is a strong but compassionate young man with a kind heart. Miller depicts him winning his challenges because of grit, pluck and will-power, all qualities that need celebrating more often. Robert interacts with women and girls, with sisters and with elder women as a whole-hearted male of the species. He's not emotionally crippled or needy around women; he's not macho or stunted, he's too much engaged in living his dreams to go sideways into confusion, Likewise, Miller portrays the women in Robert's life as healthy, capable beings with recognizable flaws and admirable courage. The fictional devices of historical setting, period detail, both in Montana and in Boston are believable and effortless. He manages to insert his creative device of sigilry into the historical framework seamlessly, which is a delight. The action sequences move easily into pulse-pounding crisis, climax and resolution.
In summary, The Philosopher's Flight gives us a believable male role model, who enlivens a fabulous universe where science merges with philosophy, where the sky is the limit of the enquiring mind, and a good heart skilled in knowledge of science triumphs over ignorance. Robert is a hero, a Bodhisattva-like rescue and evacuation flyer who like the victims he saves, carries us aloft to safety above the smoke and blood of human conflict. I do hope Dr. Miller writes a sequel.

Tom Miller, who are you? This was an awesome book. I would love to crawl inside your mind and see what’s haooening there. It’s got to be like Willy Wonka’s factory. The Philosophers was such a unique and new storyline - I loved it. When an author goes as in depth as Miller to create a history, a language, a brand new concept that effort is totally apparent. It’s nice to read something so completely different, when everything else seems like the same story different day.

The Philosopher's Flight: A Novel was completely different from anything I've read in the past few years. The story takes place during an alternate World War I. A lot of the events are similar, but the big difference is philosophy. It's sort of like magic; sort of like science. Men aren't very good at it....at least that's the common assumption. Robert Weekes, the main character, is an exception. What follows is a coming of age story, a love story, a story about gender roles/relations, a story about prejudices, and a story about war. I enjoyed it.