The Hugo Awards (a racist edition)
I just finished reading “A Memory Called Empire“, a superb space opera by Arkady Martine. The authors that are now getting the spotlight (some old, some new) are absolutely revitalizing …
Category: fantasy
Fifth Anniversary
Since JK Rowling decided to double down on her comments re: gender, this would be my response. This is the world -she- wrote and its implications. Features loving, consenting, married …
Fading Suns: A New Drama…
For gaming friends–more specifically those who played Fading Suns–a couple of folks pestered me to run the new Fading Suns. They were interested in what happened to their characters 20 …
Ode to An Ent
Dedicated to my neighbor, who hired a crew to start cutting down his trees at 8-frikken-o’clock in the morning. This is what you get. An ode to an Ent. The …
Books by Tom Ricks
Have worked on a couple of projects with Tom Ricks (one of the authors). Always happy to know what he is up to.
Review: The Gophers of High Charity (New Fantasy Novella by Kim Unger)
I got the pleasure of beta-reading this novella. What a delightful read! Meet Annie, newest member of High Charity’s resident child gang “The Gophers.” The daughter of a fallen Acolyte, …
In Ice, She Sleeps
So one day I’m in this discussion about how the prince in Cinderella is obviously under the effect of fairy magic and why didn’t his parents figure that out? That …