Geek Gab Episode 37: The Hateful Eight
Geek Gab reviews the eighth film by Quentin Tarantino. Does The Hateful Eight stand up to his previous work? Listen in and find out!
The Passion of Milo Yiannopoulos + Superversive SF Livestream
Last night was interesting, to say the least. Around 5:00 PM Central Standard Time, I'd gathered online with the Superversive SF gang, including Hugo nominees Jason Rennie and John C. Wright for a Google Livestream about SJWs in science fiction publishing. Our special guest of honor was meant to be Breitbart…
Hollywood’s Hate Mail to Its Own Audience
This intriguing article over at A.V. Club draws attention to the strange fact that James Cameron's 2009 opus Avatar, despite being the highest-grossing film ever made, has failed to leave a lasting mark on popular culture. That article is itself sourced from a Forbes piece by Scott Mendelson, the self-admitted "only…
Interview: Sad Puppies Spokesmanatee Wendell the Manatee
Harvard Business School, the Florida state legislature, and interdimensional insurance agents know him as Wendell T. Manatee: CFO of CorreiaTech. Crusaders against Puppy Related Sadness know him as the spokesmanatee for Sad Puppies. But this aquatic American largely remains an enigma to his legions of adoring fans and whiny detractors…
One-man Lynch Mob
Most organisms have a well-developed flight response that drives individuals away from danger; thus aiding their survival. As presumably higher lifeforms, the CHORFs in trad publishing should have responded to mounting evidence that the system they're beholden to is crumbling, their shrinking cliques are havens for child molesters, and that…
Book Review: The Cunning Blood by Jeff Duntemann
The dawn of 2016 finds my to-be-read pile one book shorter. A hard sci-fi book review should augur well for the new year. The hard SF book in question is The Cunning Blood, authored by a publishing industry veteran who's worn pretty much every hat in the business: the esteemed…
Tor Books: The Wind Does Not Respect a Fool
Kahless the Unforgettable will allow Tor's obstinacy--and recount it as a warning to others, It's been six months since public slanders against Tor Books' readers and authors by company employees Irene Gallo, Moshe Feder, and Patrick Nielsen Hayden incited a boycott against the publisher. How is business at Tor these…
Nethereal Suggested for Sad Puppies 4 and Praise for Daddy Warpig
We're five days into the Christmas season, and my regular social media haunts are brimming with encouraging; you might even say humbling, developments. Distant Hugo Rumblings It was recently brought to my attention that my debut novel Nethereal has been recommended for inclusion on the Sad Puppies 4 reading list. For…
Geek Gab Episode 36: The Force Awakens
Join a schlock hack SF writer and the infallible Daddy Warpig for the only review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens you'll ever need!
Creed (2015)
I'm glad that Daddy Warpig and Red Letter Media made me aware of this hidden gem. Otherwise I would have missed it amid the hype surrounding other Christmas season movie releases. For the sake of those who haven't seen the movie yet, I'll keep this review as spoiler-free as possible.…