There are so many great authors I haven’t read, and yet it seems I often discover them because of controversy. One of these was 2016 Dragon Award winner Ctrl-Alt-Revolt by Nick Cole. I’d heard that publisher HarperCollins unilaterally canceled his contract because of a controversial passage in the first chapter. He refused to change it […]
To all our favorite mothers, young and not-so-young, we wish you the very happiest Mother’s Day. The world could not go on without you!
Lately, I’ve been reliving my childhood by renting classic Westerns from Netflix. I’m always looking for something new, so when I saw this movie characterized as a modern-day Western I had to see it. Furthermore, it won some major awards at Cannes in 2005. I was disappointed when the DVD arrived in a damaged […]
Avengers: Infinity War was directed by Anothy and Joe Russo and produced by Kevin Feige It’s been the year of Disney and its franchises. Though I have yet to see the controversial Last Jedi, I have seen the last couple of Marvel releases. Since Infinity Wars was, unlike Last Jedi, getting lots of love […]
Once upon a time, the publishing industry was largely about fun. Books, movies, comic books, games – they not only passed the time but helped inspire us and expand our imaginations. Yet all these kinds of media (with the possible exception of video games) seem to be in decline. Why is that? It’s because entertainment […]
Much of the best alternate history is steampunk because the Victorian Era was such a turning point in human affairs. Another such pivotal time was World War II. This is the setting of British author China Miéville’s 2016 book The Last Days of New Paris. People classify his work as “the new weird” and they’re […]
Vox Day’s Throne of Bones is a work of “high fantasy” in the vein of JRR Tolkien and George RR Martin. The story takes place on an Earth-like world called Selenoth, populated by humans and the standard fantasy races: elves, dwarves, goblins, and trolls. Yet Day adds some interesting twists to the tropes. Throne of […]
