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sAs you may or may not be aware, Google blocked the Vox Popoli blog yesterday on the basis of an unspecified term of service violation. The Legal Legion is already addressing the situation, but in the meantime, one of the live backups of the blog has been activated. It contains all of the blog content […]
The Castalia Book Factory Castalia House is currently running a book-selling campaign to help fund the construction of the book factory that will permit Castalia House to directly produce our own paperback, hardcover, and leatherbound books, although our plan is to initially concentrate 100 percent on the leatherbound books because there is no bindery in […]
Sensor Sweep: Numenor, Bikers, Dark Sun, Technomancer
Monday , 9, August 2021 Sensor Sweep 6 CommentsArt (Kickstarter): Officially licensed and sanctioned by Robert E. Howard Properties LLC, Inc., this nearly 1,500 page examination of the vast publishing illustrated history of Robert E. Howard is divided into four parts. All four volumes are 9.5″ x 12.25″ in size, full color, smyth sewn hardcovers with dust jackets! The slip case will have […]
Science Fiction Adventures: March 1958
Sunday , 8, August 2021 Science Fiction Magazines Leave a commentThe March 1958 issue of Science Fiction Adventures had another cover by Emsh. Robert Silverberg was back as “Calvin Knox” to wrap up the saga of Hallam Navarre in “Vengeance of the Space Armadas.” Hallam returns to Kariad on a mission to find how much danger Earth may be in. He is disguised as a […]
Professor Nathan Enderby has a problem. An aging socialite has a mind to drag him to the altar, regardless of his wishes. But when she discovers a book bound in human parchment among his library, things quickly get worse. While it might not be trendy among social circles to believe in witches, she does steal […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 7 August 2021
Saturday , 7, August 2021 Uncategorized Leave a commentA death race across dimensions, the clash of semi-autos and sorcery, and the hidden knowledge of the Bizarchives set the stage for the adventures of this week’s new releases. The Bizarchives: Weird Tales of Monsters, Magic and Machines #1 – edited by Dave Martel On the abysmal fringes of sanity itself lies a repository of […]
Gaming (Walker’s Retreat): As reported by Bloomberg Law yesterday, the State of California has sued Blizzard Entertainment over sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. “ Video game giant Activision Blizzard Inc., maker of games including World of Warcraft and Diablo, fosters a “frat boy” culture in which female employees are subjected to constant sexual […]
Science Fiction Adventures: January 1958
Sunday , 1, August 2021 Science Fiction Magazines Leave a commentThe January 1958 issue of Science Fiction Adventures had a new cover artist. This very pulpy looking cover was the very first cover by John Schoenherr for a science fiction magazine. He would go on to many a cover for Analog and science fiction paperbacks in the 1960s. The lead short novel was “Hunt the […]