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Bookshelf: Darkship Thieves
This is the first Sarah Hoyt I’ve read, though we’ve been in contact through social media for a while. But I met Sarah in person at the WordFire Press booth at Denver Comic Con this year, and bought a copy … Continue reading
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Tagged Baen, Darkship Thieves, Denver Comic Con, Heinlein, Sarah A. Hoyt, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: Enter the Janitor
College student Dani Hashelheim doesn’t want to be a wizard, much less a supernaturally-skilled janitor, burdened with defending civilization against the incursion of blot-hounds and other Scum in the service of Corruption. Unfortunately for her, Dani is a Catalyst, possessing … Continue reading
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Tagged Enter the Janitor, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Josh Vogt, Wordfire Press
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Kathryn Renta, Latchkey Artist
I plug authors a lot here. Once in a while, I plug some other kind of artist — today is going to be one of those days. Kathryn Renta is a visual artist whose work encompasses fine art, graphic design, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ganesha, Golem Arcana, Hellboy, Kathryn Renta, Latchkey Artist, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: Chemical Burn
Justin Case is a wisecracking and flirtatious PI, in it up to his neck with corrupt corporations, drug trafficking mobs, femmes fatales, and secret agents. Justin Case is also a former government assassin, armed to the teeth, skilled in martial … Continue reading
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Tagged Chemical Burn, Quincy J. Allen, Wordfire Press
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Bookshelf: The Lure of Fools
The lure of fools, Jekaran’s uncle Ez warns him, is the mirage adventure. The longing for adventure draws youths from their home into danger, death, and even crime. Shortly thereafter, outlaws arrive, after Uncle Ez himself, who used to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity Quills, Jason King, Space Balrogs, Terry Brooks, The Lure of Fools, The Sword of Shannara
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Bookshelf: Theocracide
Jason Hunt is a gamer, a university athlete whose game is a lasertag-esque team shootout, with this twist: because each player sees the game through a computer headset, each athlete is seeing a different skin on the game they play … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity Quills, Cyberpunk, James Wymore, Space Balrogs, Theocracide
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The Problem with Scott Taylor
The problem with Scott Taylor is that he acts too much. I’m sure his acting is accomplished and entertaining, that’s not my complaint. The problem is that all his work on the stage has left him too little time to … Continue reading
Bookshelf: The Thousand Names
I recently read Lytton Strachey’s catty and interesting Eminent Victorians. During the fourth of his vignettes in particular, the biography of Chinese Gordon ending in Gordon’s ill-starred standoff with Her Majesty’s government and eventual martyrdom at the hands of the … Continue reading
Bookshelf: A Midsummer Night’s Steampunk
I first met Oberon Malieux as a contestant in a Space Balrogs game called Steampunk Supervillain Smackdown. He was a dastardly rogue, played by Scott Tarbet in goggles, top hat, and kilt, whose plan as supervillain was to mechanically augment … Continue reading
Bookshelf: A Short Stay in Hell
I love Steve Peck for many reasons, one of which is his utter refusal to be pigeonholed. I have read and enjoyed The Scholar of Moab, which is Utah’s answer to Titus Groan, the fragmented saga of an idiotic would-be … Continue reading
