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sPhilip Jose Farmer (1918-2009) is one of those authors that I like a few books of his. He liked to write about fictional characters that inspired him. He wrote more about Tarzan and his world than any other classic character. For years, Time’s Last Gift was on the read one day list. It was also […]
New Release Roundup, 14 July 2018: Fantasy and Adventure
Saturday , 14, July 2018 Just Released Leave a commentThe Colonies throw off England’s shackles in a second American Revolution, two genetically engineered sharks battle sea monsters for the fate of the free world, and the Shield Knight quests to stop the rise of an evil new god in this week’s roundup of the newest releases in fantasy and adventure. The Cessation of Karrak […]
Short Reviews – Over the Top, by Lester del Rey
Friday , 13, July 2018 Uncategorized Leave a commentOver the Top, by Lester del Rey, appeared in the November 1949 issue of Astounding. You can’t read it at Archive.org, because John Betancourt had it scrubbed. A little birdie told me it can be found as a .cbr here, though. After that Asimov stinker, this issue of Astounding makes a fabulous 180 with not one, […]
New Release Spotlight: THE PRIDE OF THE DAMNED
Thursday , 12, July 2018 Just Released Leave a commentThe conclusion to Peter Grant’s Cochrane’s Company trilogy. The shadow war started as a simple contract to defend a system against asteroid thieves. The harder Andrew Cochrane and Hawkwood Security fought, the worse things became. Now they find themselves embroiled in an interstellar war with an entire mafia! Worse yet, the proceedings are so profitable […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, isekai and light novel fans. A salaryman burnout works themselves to death at their desk. As they enter the afterlife, a kind deity takes pity on them, and offers a chance to have a second life in an MMO-inspired world– This time, it’s different, I swear. This time the burnout’s […]
Castalia House New Release: WARDOGS INC.: METAL MONSTERS
Wednesday , 11, July 2018 News Leave a commentAll war is murder for profit. Some people are just more open about it. WARDOGS INC. is one of the largest and most professional mercenary corporations operating in the Kantillon subsector. If you need a bodyguard, an assassination team, or an armored cavalry regiment complete with air support, Wardogs Inc. can provide it for you… […]
Bounding Into Comics reviews Chicago Typewriter: The Red Ribbon by Brandon Fiadino. When I first picked up Chicago Typewriter, I was expecting some kind of hard-boiled, noir crime drama set in the 1920’s. What I got, however, was a hard-boiled, noir crime drama set in the 1920’s that also happened to be crawling with monsters, spirits, the […]
This is roleplaying: A bunch of guys sit around a table. One of them—the Game Master—says: “The room is dark, lit only by your flickering torches. In the middle of the room is a squat statue of the Bloated God, carved from an unknown mottled green stone. In his hands is a metal bowl, inside […]
Sensor Sweep: Creeps by Night, Grip, Gatekeeping, The Royal Netherlands Indies Army
Monday , 9, July 2018 Sensor Sweep 4 CommentsBooks (Don Herron): You may not know, but way back in 1931, the up-and-coming Wisconsin writer August Derleth teamed up with the newly famous detective novelist Dashiell Hammett to edit a collection of supernatural horror fiction titled Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills. Over the next forty years, Derleth would become one of the most […]
Library book sales can be a wonderful thing. Sometimes, they are a bust. Other times you find a copy of the Gnome Press Conan the Conqueror with dustjacket for $1.00. That happened to me in 1997. This year was better than usual. A new location with more room. Someone appears to have donated their collection […]
New Release Roundup, 7 July 2018: Science Fiction
Saturday , 7, July 2018 Just Released Leave a commentA time traveler defies Fate to keep his family safe, a battered fleet leads invaders on a wild goose chase through unexplored space, and a delivery man unearths a conspiracy from before the rise of man in this week’s roundup of the newest releases in science fiction. Alliance Insurgent (Alliance Trilogy #3) – Michael Wallace […]
Short Reviews – …And Now You Don’t (Part 1 of 3), by Isaac Asimov
Friday , 6, July 2018 Uncategorized 5 Comments…And Now You Don’t, by Isaac Asimov, was serialized in three parts beginning with the November 1949 issue of Astounding. It was later anthologized as the second half of the book “Second Foundation”. It can be read here at Archive.org. This is it, guys! One of the touchstone sagas of Campbell’s Astounding and the Golden […]