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sThe Book of Feasts & Seasons: Christmas Eve
Saturday , 22, December 2018 Uncategorized Leave a commentTHE BOOK OF FEASTS & SEASONS, by John C. Wright, is a beautifully mind-bending stroll with a grandmaster of science fiction through the annual Catholic calendar. Over the course of the year, from January to December, the author takes his inspiration from ten different holidays and explores their meanings in a series of stories of […]
New Release Roundup, 22 December 2018: Fantasy and Adventure
Saturday , 22, December 2018 Just Released Leave a commentThis week’s roundup of the newest releases in fantasy and adventure features the controversial explorer, the apprentice knight, the useless goddess, and the White Wolf. 110-Million Bride (Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! #7) – Natsume Akatsuki Game loving shut-in Kazuma Sato’s life as a young schoolboy in Japan abruptly comes to an early end…or […]
Doing something a little different for this Retro Fandom Friday. Honestly, none of the letters in this issue of Fantastic Story Magazine really grabbed me, and I’m not steeped enough in that fandom to appreciate or get a lot of the references yet. There were a few shout-outs regarding C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner’s “Earth’s […]
John C. Wright’s Superluminary: The Lords of Creation, recently published by Castalia House, makes most space opera look like space community theater. In a single lifetime, the solar system flourishes from dead planets, save our precious Earth, to a multitude of worlds. Each major planet, worldlet, moon, and most of the larger satellites of the […]
We have one right here just in time for Christmas. First, the audiobooks, all in DRM-free MP3 format: The Last Closet by Moira Greyland. 14 hours 10 minutes. $19.99. Includes ebook Push the Zone by David the Good. 3 hours 17 minutes. $9.99. Includes ebook. A Magic Broken by Vox Day. 1 hour 43 minutes. $3.99. Includes ebook. Four […]
From the Editor: Kindle Unlimited and Castalia Books Direct
Wednesday , 19, December 2018 News Leave a commentToday, Castalia House editor Vox Day discussed at his blog changes coming to how Castalia House will sell its books and audiobooks: Amazon is increasingly seeking to control and sell its own content rather than serve as a middleman. That’s precisely why Kindle Select and Kindle Unlimited have been adopted, to change the structure of […]
Sensor Sweep: E. R. Eddison, Robert W. Chambers, Starship Troopers 20th Anniversary Edition
Monday , 17, December 2018 Sensor Sweep 1 CommentWriting (Sacnoth’s Scriptorium): So, while revising to my Eddison piece I came across a striking passage that I’d either overlooked before or, more likely, read when the book in question (Paul Thomas’s edition of ERE’s ZIMIAMVIA) came out (in 1992) and since forgot. In a passage discussing the composition of THE MEZENIAN GATE, Paul describes […]
I am always up for a good book on cryptozoology. I read one of Willy Ley’s books from the library on exotic zoology as a lad with great relish. The idea of the Loch Ness monster, a dwarf brontosaur in the Congo, and other unknown animals is always appealing. Even later, I would watch some […]
The Rageaholic on Elric: The White Wolf
Saturday , 15, December 2018 Appendix N, Comics, Just Released Leave a commentLike many, I too thought that the French adaption of Michael Moorcock’s Elric would not fulfill the promised four book run. And although I found the first volume too disturbing for my comfort yet still among the best comics I have had the privilege to review, I am glad to see the wintry third volume finally hit shelves […]
New Release Roundup, 15 December, 2018: Science Fiction
Saturday , 15, December 2018 Just Released Leave a commentStarship mages, internet trolls-turned-litRPG trolls, mecha mercenaries, and reprints of two science fiction masters feature in this week’s roundup of the newest releases in science fiction. After the Galaxy: The Unsung – Scott Bartlett We colonized the galaxy – then abandoned it. He defends what’s left. Joe is nearing the end of a long deployment, and he’s looking […]
Short Reviews – Split Personality, by William Morrison
Friday , 14, December 2018 Uncategorized Leave a commentSplit Personality by William Morrison appeared in the Winter 1954 issue of Fantastic Story Magazine. It can be read here at archive.org. This is one heck of a weird story! Chut-chut, a humanoid alien (a bihumanoid) with a bifurcated head is brought to a shrink to analyze why he’s suffering from headaches and horrible visions […]
It turns out there was a second E. E. Smith working in the field of speculative science-fiction back in the day. In addition to Doc EE Smith, one of the original Big Three of science fiction, a woman by the name of Evelyn E. Smith made frequent contributions to Galaxy Magazine. A crossword puzzle compiler […]