Imagine, if you will, mankind’s expansion into space. Humans gradually fill up the galaxy, settling thousands upon thousands of worlds. People build, terraform, create, and trade among the stars. Old political systems take on new forms, theoretically new forms are experimented with. Conflicts arise. Coalitions, alliances, syndicates, and empires appear, mingle, coalesce, mutate. Wars blaze… Continue reading Twilight Galaxy: Dekason
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A Vacation. Whether I Wanted One Or Not.
I traditionally take a vacation in March. Usually during the latter half of the month to enjoy my birthday during the course of the trip. But the HA’s spring break is early, so we moved it up. We were looking at something rather pricey, perhaps a week in Key West. However, MBW and I wanted… Continue reading A Vacation. Whether I Wanted One Or Not.
Convention After Action Report
I’m sitting in the Nashville airport waiting for my flight out. With a few more minutes to spend, thanks to a delayed departure, I figure I’ll take the extra time to write today’s post. This weekend Michael Z. Williamson hosted his seventh ConFinement convention. I believe this was my fourth attendance. I saw many of… Continue reading Convention After Action Report
Plasma Pulp: Lost Worlds
There are times to sink into the philosophical depths or the detailed, scientifically grounded world building of a thoughtful work of speculative fiction, whether on the page or the screen (big or small.) Other times, however, we want Buck Rogers. We want Brian Daley’s Han Solo novels. We want the scorched ozone burn of blaster… Continue reading Plasma Pulp: Lost Worlds
The 2025 Rearview Mirror
I hope yours were merry and bright, that your halls were decked, and that any lingering reindeer pellets on your roof have ceased to smell. 2025 was…memorable for MBW, the HA, and me. But this isn’t the appropriate venue to rehash house-sale travails, or gnash my teeth over financial hiccups. Instead, I will review my… Continue reading The 2025 Rearview Mirror
Mercs and Mayhem
Raconteur Press has just released the anthology Mercs and Mayhem. So far it is rocketing up various Amazon sales charts. I’m not saying that’s due to it carrying a story by yours truly, but then again I’m not saying it isn’t. (Well, probably not.) Anyway, you should pick up a copy and read some stories… Continue reading Mercs and Mayhem
Sword-and-Sorcery and Song and Dance: Steven Brust’s “Lyorn.”
Lyorn is the seventeenth installment in Steven Brust’s Vlad Taltos series. For some reason I’d believed this would the final book, as there are seventeen houses in the Cycle of his fictional universe, and one book title now corresponds to each individual house. I was, apparently, incorrect, as this novel does not tie up loose… Continue reading Sword-and-Sorcery and Song and Dance: Steven Brust’s “Lyorn.”