Breitbart Reports on My Shadowban

Breitbart Reports on My Shadowban

Breitbart's Allum Bokhari reports on Twitter's ongoing shadowban of my account: There have been widespread reports that Brian Niemeier, a Hugo Award-nominated sci-fi author, has been “shadowbanned” on Twitter, with his tweets no longer appearing in peoples’ notifications or feeds. According to Niemeier, his followers are reporting that “they aren’t…
August 3, 20163 Comments
Sad Puppies’ Kate Paulk Reviews all Hugo Award Nominees

Sad Puppies’ Kate Paulk Reviews all Hugo Award Nominees

With five days of Hugo Award voting left, Sad Puppies IV leader Kate "The Impaler" Paulk concludes her reviews of works in every nominated category. The Campbells being the last category on the list, it just so happens that Kate's final series of reviews includes my eligible novel Nethereal. I…
July 28, 20163 Comments
Over the Target

Over the Target

Denizens of Reddit's deepest bowels have taken umbrage at my observation that Hollywood is now a propaganda machine. You heard it here first ladies: your existence in popular media is propaganda. Even though TFA became one of the highest grossing movies of all time and was pretty much universally well-liked,…
July 26, 2016
Podcast Roundup: Catholic Geek Gab

Podcast Roundup: Catholic Geek Gab

My weekend turned out to be a podcasating marathon. All told, I spent two and half hours in geekish conversation. Now you can enjoy the results! First up, I went on Catholic Geeks, hosted by author Declan Finn. He gave me the whole show to myself, so we covered a…
July 25, 2016
I’ll Be on Catholic Geeks Tonight

I’ll Be on Catholic Geeks Tonight

Heads up! I'll be joining Honor at Stake author Declan Finn on the Catholic Geeks show tonight at 7:00 PM Easter/6:00 PM Central. Join us for what's sure to be a lively discussion of the Hugos, the publishing industry, and general Catholic geekery. @BrianNiemeier
July 24, 2016
Twitter Bans Milo. Rabid Puppies Release Ballot

Twitter Bans Milo. Rabid Puppies Release Ballot

Milo Banned Twitter's ongoing animosity toward Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos has now culminated in Twitter permanently banning him from their social network service. The company claimed that the reason for Milo's ban was his alleged incitement of a sexist/racist tweetmob. As we've come to expect by now, the allegations…
July 20, 20164 Comments
Soon to Be Forgotten Remakes of Recent Classics

Soon to Be Forgotten Remakes of Recent Classics

I've written about Hollywood's devolution into an assembly line for ill-advised remakes. As a follow up to that post about (then) upcoming reboots, reimaginings, and ripoffs, here are some remakes of films from the 70s, 80s, and 90s which, unlike the classic originals, are doomed to oblivion. RoboCop 2014 One…
July 19, 201611 Comments
When Is a Movie Not a Movie?

When Is a Movie Not a Movie?

When it's a cynical propagandistic cash grab. Actually, we can scratch the last part now that Ghostbusters 2016 has failed to beat the opening weekend domestic box office take of Ghostbusters II. Here are the numbers Ghostbusters II: $29,472,894 (June 16, 1989) Ghostbusters: $46,000,000 (July 17, 2016) At first glance I seem to have…
July 18, 201620 Comments
In Defense of Ghostbusters (1984)

In Defense of Ghostbusters (1984)

I really shouldn't have to do this. At this point, the best course of action for everyone is to dismiss the artistic and moral failure that is Ghostbusters 2016, let the remake die a quick, unmourned, and forgotten death, and rest secure in the excellence of the one true Ghostbusters film. But…
July 13, 20164 Comments
Hockey with Astronauts: Reactions to my Amazon Author Earnings Graphic

Hockey with Astronauts: Reactions to my Amazon Author Earnings Graphic

Reactions to the graphic I made comparing author earning levels to the populations of various areas and  groups caught my by surprise. The chart, based on Author Earnings figures for 82% of Amazon sales from May 2016 and the survey quoted here, drew a wide range of responses from aspiring…
July 12, 2016