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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Bookshelf: Monster Hunter Alpha
Monster Hunter Alpha continues Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter series with all its trademarks: white-knuckle action, gritty gun details, wild swaggering characters on both the heroes’ and the villains’ side, and comic wisecracking in the best tradition of Hollywood action films. … Continue reading
Bookshelf: The Worker Prince
Prince Xander Rhii, fresh out of the academy and headed for his new post overseeing workers (slaves) on Vertullis, has been called Davi by his mother all his life. Like the unique necklace he wears, he bears the name as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Exodus, Moses, Superman, The Worker Prince, Wordfire Press
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ARC Contest Still Open!
We are halfway through the contest to win one of two ARCs of THE KIDNAP PLOT. You can read about the contest here, if this is news to you. Here are some of the memes that have been submitted so … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Trial of Intentions
The characters in Peter Orullian’s Trial of Intentions curse by gods who are not there; dead gods, mute gods, deaf gods. This is a world abandoned by its creating gods, the Framers, who also sealed humanity apart from the rogue god Maldea … Continue reading
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Tagged Epic Fantasy, Peter Orullian, The Unremembered, Trial of Intentions, Vault of Heaven
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The Game of Science
“The game of science is, in principle, without end. He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test, and that they can be regarded as finally verified, retires from the game.” — Karl Popper, … Continue reading
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Tagged Karl R. Popper, Philosophy, Science, The Logic of Scientific Discovery
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Bookshelf: The Last Christmas Gift
Okay, I know the decks aren’t fully cleared yet, in that Thanksgiving still looms. Still, Christmas is icumen in, and it’s not too early to think about stocking stuffers. Which should, this year, totally include this book The Last Christmas … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Dickens, Nathan Shumate, The Last Christmas Gift, Zombies
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Those Depressing Monologues
“Nevertheless there are still some who do believe that philosophy can pose genuine problems about things, and who therefore still hope to get these problems discussed, and to have done with those depressing monologues which now pass for philosophical discussions.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Karl Popper, Philosophy, The Logic of Scientific Discovery
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Bookshelf: Blood Ties
For the first few pages of Quincy J. Allen’s Blood Ties, you might think you were reading a straight Civil War novel. Captain Jake Lasater has been commanded to make what may or may not be a suicidal charge on … Continue reading
