2018 Dragon Award Winners

2018 Dragon Award Winners

The third annual Dragon Awards ceremony took place this past weekend at Dragon Con in Atlanta. The award admins have since released the full list of 2018 Dragon Award recipients. Best Science Fiction Novel Artemis by Andy Weir Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal) Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson Best Young Adult…
September 6, 201829 Comments
The Twilight of Conservatism

The Twilight of Conservatism

The following was originally a response to a comment on yesterday's post that I thought deserved a post of its own. The current orgy of blue falconing exemplifies the convulsions you see when an established ideology slips into decline and new ideas start to supplant it. For instance, the whole…
September 5, 201815 Comments
#ComicsGateGate

#ComicsGateGate

This is why we can't have nice things. First, let's turn back the clock to Friday's post, wherein I warned the memebrs of #ComicsGate that they were repeating the same mistakes as #GamerGate and Sad Puppies. A couple of comments seem downright prescient in light of yesterday's turf war. First,…
September 4, 201841 Comments

The Future Is Over

This week I put together a book trailer for my upcoming mecha/Mil-SF novel Combat Frame XSeed. So far the response has been extremely positive. See the results for yourself. Hungry for another XSeed preview? Read a sample of the book here. I honestly haven't been this excited about a project…
September 1, 201812 Comments
Doomed to Repeat It

Doomed to Repeat It

It was only a matter of time before the SJW hive turned its full venom against the lovable upstarts of #ComicsGate. Richard Meyer, Ethan Van Sciver, and the movement's other independent comic book creators have dared to point out that the emperor has no clothes. Adding insult to injury, they've…
August 31, 201840 Comments
The Virtual Wall

The Virtual Wall

Reader Man of the Atom comments: My bet is on a balkanization of the Internet, with major powers setting up their own ICANN and YP master servers (ICANN is nothing special or unique). Smaller nations would align under the larger nations -- an Internet NATO, Warsaw Pact, and Sino-Soviet Bloc…
August 30, 20184 Comments
Who Killed Jim’s Accounts?

Who Killed Jim’s Accounts?

This post was originally planned for yesterday, but circumstances conspired to prevent me from doing the necessary research. It's probably for the best, though, because the story of Mister "Jim" Metokur's near-simultaneous YouTube and Twitter suspensions has taken a different direction than I'd initially suspected. Which I should have suspected.…
August 29, 201813 Comments
Promise Breakers Inc.

Promise Breakers Inc.

Apologies to my readers for the lateness of this post. circumstances beyond my control deprived me of internet access this morning. As a result, my planned post about Big Social going all Alex Jones on Mister Metokur will have to wait. That situation still seems to be developing, so it's…
August 29, 201834 Comments
Combat Frame Data: YCR-015-1

Combat Frame Data: YCR-015-1

  YCR-015-1 Zwei Dolph Custom    Technical Data Model number: YCR-015-1 Code name: Zwei Dolph Custom Nickname: Dolph Classification: custom high mobility, energy weapon optimized combat frame Manufacturer: Seed Corporation Operator: Systems Overterrestrial Coalition First deployment: CY 1 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 19.5 meters Weight: 45 metric tons Armor type: palladium…
August 27, 20186 Comments
We’re Not Worthy

We’re Not Worthy

Every day, more people are waking up to the true nature of the culture war. The ranks of self-styled moderates are thinning as the Left has made clear that the only options are total submission to their psychotic demands or being branded a Nazi. Even your Boomer aunt on Facebook…
August 24, 201840 Comments