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sSENSOR SWEEP: Interchangeable Dystopias, Carefully Manufactured Worldviews, Luminous Bodies, and Adventure-driven Shenanigans
Monday , 3, July 2017 Sensor Sweep 9 CommentsIt Can’t Happen Here (Gaming While Conservative) Why Boys Don’t Go To the Movies Anymore — “Box office receipts are a tenth of what they were just a short decade ago, but this decline has nothing to do with the quality of the product. A host of excuses were proffered ranging from boys being stupid to […]
Fifty years ago, manga artist Monkey Punch drew up the first issue of what was intended to be a short series to last a couple years. After reading fifteen of Maurice Leblanc’s Arsène Lupin stories, Monkey Punch decided to try his hand at his own gentleman thief, updated to the sensibilities of the 1960s, of course. […]
I rarely feel guilty for “punching” a vintage game in order to get it played. But since One Page Bulge comes on ONE PAGE combining map, rules, CRT, turn track, designer’s notes, and historical information. On one large sheet of paper. That this game pioneered the exact format that would launch the Car Wars franchise […]
JUST RELEASED: A Fistful of Credits
Sunday , 2, July 2017 Just Released, Short Fiction Leave a commentIt’s the Twenty-Second Century. The galaxy has opened up to humanity as a hyperactive beehive of stargates and new technologies, and we suddenly find ourselves in a vast playground of different races, environments, and cultures. There’s just one catch: we are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain. Enter the Four Horsemen universe, […]
I mentioned Gino D’Achille (1935-2017) last week in comparison to Enrich Torres. Not a Spaniard but an Italian from Rome. From his webpage: “Gino D’Achille was born in Rome in 1935 and displayed a precocious talent as an artist from a very young age – being invited at 11 years old to present a portrait […]
An Overlooked Gem: “The Green Odyssey” by PJ Farmer
Saturday , 1, July 2017 Before the Big Three, Book Review 3 CommentsLate one night last year, I was looking for a new book to read and discovered that there was another work by PJ Farmer added to Project Gutenberg, The Green Odyssey. A few hours later, I had finished a swashbuckling classic, a full-blooded adventure to rank with the best of Howard, Stevenson, or Sabatini. And […]
Guest Post By Jesse Abraham Lucas: PulpRev.com is HERE!
Saturday , 1, July 2017 Pulp Revolution 4 CommentsThat is what put the spurs on me to join in here – this group is /doing it/. Not just talking about it, or analyzing, but ‘hey, lets do a magazine…here’s the sub page…and now here’s the zine!’ -James Bennett The internet has made aristocrats of us all. Here we are scattered across the world […]
JUST RELEASED: The Hymn of the Pearl by Brian Niemeier
Saturday , 1, July 2017 Just Released 3 CommentsCampbell Award finalist and Dragon Award winner Brian Niemeier reveals a haunting new world of high fantasy in his first standalone novella The Hymn of the Pearl. Vestiges of the Saronican Empire litter the known world, proclaiming the truth that even the greatest powers must bow to fate’s decrees. Humanity’s misfortunes were once moderated by […]
A holy thriller from Dragon Award nominee Declan Finn Mystery, Riddles, and Secrecy. An international intrigue that reaches its tendrils across multiple nations, multiple religions, and multiple decades. Mercenaries, Spies, and Assassins. American mercenaries, Russian assassins, Israeli spies, and a priest that makes James Bond look like a sissy. Action, Action, and More Action. A […]