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sJUST RELEASED: Torchship Captain by Karl K. Gallagher
Friday , 8, September 2017 Just Released 1 CommentConclusion of the Torchship Trilogy Michigan Long blackmailed her enemies into joining the war against the AIs. Now the secret she used is leaking out and the Fusion is shattering. Caught in the middle of a civil war, she will have to use any weapon that comes to hand—her wits, her ship, her mate.
Short Reviews – “Old White Face” by Allen Borders
Friday , 8, September 2017 Uncategorized Leave a comment“Old White Face” by Allen Borders appeared in the June 1944 issue of The Wide World. We get our first real high-stakes thriller in the June issue with “Old White Face”. Not that keeping a gold-mine open and the workers employed or one man’s quest to not starve in Depression era California weren’t high stakes… […]
Classic Traveller: Session Report 2
Thursday , 7, September 2017 Tabletop Games, Traveller, Uncategorized 1 CommentSo. I haven’t posted session reports since Jeffro, as a player, has been posting reports of our sessions. For a summary of how things have gone see these posts: http://www.castaliahouse.com/classic-traveller-session-report/ http://www.castaliahouse.com/on-the-table-honest-to-goodness-classic-traveller/ http://www.castaliahouse.com/on-the-table-journey-to-the-planet-of-the-amazon-women/ http://www.castaliahouse.com/on-the-table-pure-unadulterated-traveller/ However, I thought it time for an update of the overall course of things. The party has split. We have a Freetrader […]
We here at Castalia House have been following Diversity & Comics since July when they pointed out that comics were experiencing almost the exact same death of romance that science fiction suffered back in the nineteen fifties. Today…? Thanks to Geek Gab host Daddy Warpig and pulp revolutionary Rawle Nyanzi, you can see Castalia House […]
The war lords and bandits of Western China thought all visitors were fair game—until they ran into Norcross and his hard-boiled black army from the American Expeditionary Forces. Starting in 2015, Altus Press has rereleased the stories that filled the first and the greatest of pulps, Argosy Magazine, with its Argosy Library line. With over […]
ON THE TABLE: Silent Victory… to the Death!
Wednesday , 6, September 2017 Tabletop Games Leave a commentWhy is the solitaire war game Silent Victory way better with two players? Because context is everything. Oh sure, it does keep you honest. A player is liable to forget bonus and rolls that aren’t in his favor. Having two people on board makes for a much tighter ship. But having two players going through […]
EPHRAIM CUTLER HAS BLOOD ON HIS HANDS AND A HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL When his mother forces him to kill an innocent man, Ephraim Cutler’s quiet life in the Appalachian Mountains is thrown into turmoil. With a bounty on his head, Ephraim flees to the hills and hollers where he discovers that his crime has […]
Around the beginning of the 20th Century there was a revolutionary painter entering the art world by the name of Pablo Picasso. His work is often studied on its own merit and looked at within the art world, but my favorite angle on his artwork is through the lens of the newest emerging art form […]
The complete transcript of the long awaited meeting of the minds between Jon Mollison and “Grim” Jim Desborough is finally here! (Heck, the audio is here, too. And despite what you’ve heard, it’s perfectly listenable as far as I’m concerned!) One bit that I want to home in on here is this confusion surrounding characterizations […]
Castalia House is pleased to announce that Peter Grant’s science fiction series THE MAXWELL SAGA is now available in paperback. Part Heinlein juvenile, part Horatio Alger success story, these five books chart the rise of Steve Maxwell as he struggles to make his place in the universe. Through honesty, hard work, and even harder won […]
SUPERVERSIVE: Mixing the Pulp with the Superversive in “Justified”
Tuesday , 5, September 2017 Superversive, Uncategorized 15 CommentsI know I already talked about “Justified” once, and I know it’s not sci-fi or fantasy, but I recently re-watched an episode titled “Peace of Mind”, and…trust me. This is worth the digression. While the critical consensus tends to disagree, real fans know that the high point of the show is the final three episodes […]
A Pulp Revolution for the Comics Crowd
Monday , 4, September 2017 Comics, Pulp Revolution 37 CommentsI’m known for my florid, almost purple prose and lengthy, albeit humorous introductions. No time for that today. I’m leaving for the vasty wilderness and a weekend-long Internet blackout, and I have to get this one in the can before I depart for the great unknown. So, please pardon the upcoming abrupt transition. Comics are […]