Here is the Rabit Puppies slate. Take your pick, or add your own! BEST NOVEL Monster Hunter Nemesis by Larry Correia, Baen Books The Chaplain's War by Brad Torgersen, Baen Books Skin Game by Jim Butcher, ROC Lines of Departure, by Marko Kloos, self-published The Dark Between the Stars by Kevin J. Anderson, Tor Books…
The official Sad Puppies 3 recommended Hugo Slate: Remember: only YOU can combat puppy-related sadness! Best Novel “The Dark Between the Stars” – Kevin J. Anderson – TOR “Trial by Fire” – Charles E. Gannon – BAEN “Skin Game” – Jim Butcher – ROC “Monster Hunter Nemesis” – Larry Correia – BAEN “Lines of Departure” –…
For today's Superversive Blog, we have a guest post by British professor Bruce Charlton, who happins to be one of my husband's favorite authors. The Notions Club — as envisioned by Afalstein JRR Tolkien’s fragments of a novel called The Notion Club Papers: and my attempt to finish some of his unfinished business By Bruce…
Atheists love criticizing religion, and religious folks enjoy discussing how their spirits have been uplifted; however, very few people seem to want to hear about prayers actually being answered. Because of this, I normally don’t post this sort of thing. However, while at Marscon, I dreamt that I wrote this post. When I woke up,…
A post about Cornelius Prospero, Miranda's blind brother from the Prospero's Daughter series, and his journey through Hell at Bookworm Blues's Special Needs in Strange Worlds column at SFSignal: http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2015/01/guest-post-special-needs-in-strange-worlds-l-jagi-lamplighter-on-meditations-on-a-blind-mans-journey-through-hell/
My official schedule for Marscon 2015 (Williamsburg, VA) Saturday 11AM – Jefferson Davis 2 Wonder Years: How YA Writers Address Teen Concerns in Fantastic Literature 1PM – Restaurant Annex Reel World Challenges: Adapting Films from Fiction 3PM – Jefferson Davis 2 Pets in SF/Fantasy (M) 4PM – Jefferson Davis 2 It Behooves…
Today we have a guest post by Mr. Pierce Oka — showing us how flexible Superversiveness truly can be! This post first appeared at Pierce's blog Dragon's and Dogma. Magic: The Superverting, or, Superversion isn’t just for literature anymore By Pierce Oka In middle school, my friend Ethan introduced me to what would become my…
Nothing Good Ever Happened At the Point of a Gun by Amy Sterling Casil What happens in Minsk, is felt in Minneapolis. What happens in Hong Kong, reverberates in Houston. What happened in Paris on January 7, 2015 broke my heart. The terrorist attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which took…
In the mood for holiday stories, some disturbing, some inspiring? The Book of Feasts and Seasons by John C. Wright.
Facing "The Cold Equations" by S. Dorman Tom Godwin's "The Cold Equations" is perfectly balanced on the premise partly suggested in its title. Assigned for a course I've been auditing, the only thing troubling one's suspension of disbelief is lack of verisimilitude in its setting, particularly the .1 g. We lack lower gravity and capsule…