Month: November 2018

Combat Frame Data: CF-016 Grenzmark III

CF-016 Grenzmark III Technical Data Model number: CF-016 Code name: Grenzmark III Nickname: Grenthree Classification: mass production multipurpose combat frame Manufacturer: Zeklov Corporation Operator: Earth Governments in Exile First deployment: CY 1 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 17.5 meters Weight: dry weight 57.5 metric tons, full weight…

November 30, 20188 Comments

Tolkien Bashing’s Back on the Menu

Alex over at Amatopia reports on the latest round of Tolkien bashing instigated by the grandfather of fantasy's soyfed, unjustifiably smug inferiors. Everything that is good, true, noble, and beautiful must be destroyed. The recent denunciation of the legend J.R.R. Tolkien and his masterwork The Lord of the Rings is…

November 29, 201815 Comments

Stay Away from Conventions

Author Jon Del Arroz reports on yet another deplatforming of a major science fiction author from a convention. This time, it was astrophysicist and Reason Magazine editor Gregory Benford who ran afoul of the SJW hatemob. Gregory Benford thought he was just speaking on another panel, something he’d done dozens of times…

November 28, 201820 Comments

#OpThotAudit

A delightful little internet flap occurred over the weekend wherein a Twitter user going by the name of David Wu declared he was reporting camera THOTs to the IRS for tax evasion. David Wu allegedly is reporting sex workers who pimp themselves on Snapchat to the IRS. Sex workers on…

November 27, 201819 Comments

Metal Fiction: #AGundam4Us

Image by Shoji Kawamori It is my sincere honor to welcome Metal Fiction into the growing ranks of #AGundam4Us. Here I reproduce Brent's call to arms in full. I fell in love with mecha back in the 80s: Transformers, Mighty Orbots, Challenge of the GoBots, Robotech, Voltron, BattleTech… I watched/read/played…

November 26, 20182 Comments

Pro Writing Tips: The Sentence Level

Working as a professional writer and editor these past years has not only taught me a lot about writing; it's shown me much that I didn't even suspect I didn't know. Since I always try to have one hand reaching down the ladder to help folks below me up while…

November 23, 201813 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving remains the only major holiday that the forces of American consumerism have yet to fully commercialize--though not for lack of trying. Gathering with family and giving thanks to God for the year's blessings is still the centerpiece of the day. I'm especially thankful for my readers. Living my vocation…

November 22, 2018

Starquest

Science fiction grandmaster John C. Wright announces his next space opera odyssey--and you can help him realize his vision! Have you been disappointed by the drab, dull, and unimpressive way most space sagas, franchises, and the beloved epics of childhood have been treated in recent times? Writers of space adventure stories,…

November 21, 20183 Comments

Political Dissolution

The Audacious Epigone recently ran the numbers on the issue of American secession. Here's what emerged. Graph by Audacious Epigone AE's comment: There is no longer any racial, religious, moral, cultural, political, linguistic, or ethnic unity in the US as it is currently defined. The last remaining bond holding the…

November 21, 201824 Comments

Combat Frame Data: YCC-013-1 Jagannath

YCC-013-1 Jagannath Technical Data Model number: YCC-013-1 Code name: N/A Nickname: Jagannath Classification: custom energy weapon optimized command combat frame Manufacturer: Zeklov Corp modification of a Seed Corporation design Operator: Systems Overterrestrial Coalition First deployment: CY 1 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 21 meters Weight: Dry weight 58…

November 19, 201810 Comments