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#SpaceOperaWeek: Realism is Dumb by Jon Del Arroz
Wednesday , 17, May 2017 Pulp Revolution 9 CommentsEverything that we’ve been told about science fiction and fantasy writing for the last couple of decades is a lie. All we hear is ‘you have to make it more real’ and ‘that needs to be realistic dialogue’ or ‘it wouldn’t really happen that way’. It’s led to the genre changing from John Carter leaping […]
RETROSPECTIVE: The Legion of Space by Jack Williamson
Monday , 24, August 2015 Appendix N 5 CommentsJack Williamson is another one of those names on the Appendix N list that, for too many people, simply doesn’t register as being of any significance. The fact that his career spans eight decades means little now in terms of fame and recognition. That will seem outrageous to some, but I ask librarians and book store […]
In space, the demons can hear you scream. Space travel has always come with risks. But hyperspace travel comes with one particularly frightening hazard, namely, the non-corporeal dark energy-based macrobiotic entities that inhabit the void and are insensibly drawn to the presence of human minds. Once penetrated by a macrobe, the infected human mind rapidly […]
This is an expansion to what is one of the best space games on the market. It is positively loaded with new ships and technologies and the counter sheets are gorgeous. Given that everything in this set is designed to tune and develop aspects of the original game, the new rules and additions can be viewed as […]
GMT Games and designer Jim Krohn have put together what is quite simply the best space game on the market. Okay, not everyone has come around to seeing it that way yet, but really… the game’s critics have to agree that all four “exes” are in evidence here and none of them get the short end […]
I want to point out a very common criticism I get. There’s something off about it and I’ve answered parts of this before… but I find it curious that it crops up from people in entirely different domains and from people on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Here are the two latest examples if […]
Congratulations to the many Castalia House authors, columnists, and editors that have been nominated for a Hugo this year. Here is the complete list: “Flashpoint: Titan” by CHEAH Kai Wai (There Will Be War Volume X) “What Price Humanity?” by David VanDyke (There Will Be War Volume X) “Seven Kill Tiger” by Charles Shao (There […]
SENSOR SWEEP: Existential Dread, Victorian Fictions, Tradition Defying Geniuses, and the Jaded Old Debauchee
Friday , 5, February 2016 Sensor Sweep 8 CommentsPink Slime Watch (Black Gate) Despair All The Way Down: The Illearth War by Stephen R. Donaldson — “The Illearth War is a story steeped in existential dread. Both inaction and action in the face of soul-crushing evil seem to lead to disastrous ends. To believe or not to believe? To fight or not to fight? […]
Supplement III: Historic Timeline of Abuse in Science Fiction
Tuesday , 29, December 2015 Uncategorized 12 CommentsFull Series Part I – Pedophilia in Science Fiction – Introduction Part II – The Vocal Enablers Part III – Leaders in Silence Part IV -The Samuel R. Delany Problem Part V – The Victims Supplement I – Defending Your Children: Understanding the Mindset and Tactics of a Pedophile Supplement II – The Enablers in […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 14 September 2024
Sunday , 15, September 2024 Uncategorized Leave a commentEvery week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Lance (Conscript #3) – Scott Bartlett Planet Nibiru wants them dead. All of them. Trapped by the destruction of their own satellites, the Marines on Nibiru suddenly find themselves without orbital or […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 3 August 2024
Saturday , 3, August 2024 Uncategorized Leave a commentEvery week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. He Who Fights with Monsters #11 – Travis Deverell Jason and his companions managed to forestall the inexorable undead, but their battle is far from done. Both they and their enemies are […]
Why You No Review Leigh Brackett?!
Wednesday , 11, January 2017 Jeffro Comment 8 CommentsTop book blogger Hooc Ott crashes yet another safe space in the comments on a post entitled pre- Le Guin SF Short Fic Reviews over at Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations blog. It turns out that, yes, being a fan of one of science fiction’s most beloved pulp authors is in fact triggering to certain […]