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Review: Images of the Goddess, From Cirsova 2

P. Alexander is the guy behind the Short Review series posted at Castalia House, in which he reviews tales originally printed in classic pulp magazines such as Planet Stories.  His series, along with Jeffro Johnson’s Appendix N series and repeated warnings not to read anything written before 1980 inspired...

I’m A Character, And You Can Too!

Yesterday’s post slapped the women’s image magazine Uncanny around pretty hard for being a vapid and shallow periodical that dilutes the deep and rich medium of storytelling by using it as a medium for do-nothing wish fulfillment.  It’s a great article, and every fan of short form fiction magazine,...

Uncanny Unmasked

Jeffro Johnson – [trump speak]great guy, very thoughtful, I’m a big fan of his, big fan [trump speak] – posted a simple question on G+:  “What’s missing on [this cover]?“ Have to judge it by something, andthe cover is all we got. It may have been a rhetorical question,...

Cirsova, Issue #2

When I grow up, I want to be Jeffro Johnson.  His Appendix N web series, soon to be released in full book format, is much reviled by all the right people, and justifiably so.  A bit late to the party, I was nonetheless impressed with his analysis which shed new...

Publicly Funded Pepe, It Could Happen

Hail Pepe! Yesterday we laughed at a leftist’s complete inability to understand the alt-right’s irreverence and absurdity.  One of the jewels in the God Emperor’s crown is his blessed avatar, Pepe. I’ve made no secret of my love for Pepe; the meme-army never ceases to amaze or amuse me....

Guilty As Charged

The handmaidens of globalism really have no idea what to make of effective counterpunchers.  A recent sperging from the HuffPo sputters that Some Donald Trump Supporters Are Now Calling Him ‘God Emperor’.  (That link is to an archive, so you can click without fear of granting the execrable HuffPo...

Soft Drinks Are My Kryptonite

One of my hobbies is a fitness hobby peopled largely by people who won’t shut up about it.  In the interests of not being one of “those people”, you won’t hear me talk about it very much.  I only mention it now because my weakness – carbonated beverages –...

Gravedancing on the Ghostbusters

At this point it looks like Ghostbustiers is going to turn a profit of one whole dollar (if you don’t count the massive marketing budget as an expense.)  Houston, we have convergence!  The shelf-life of interest in this flop sweat drenched production is rapidly expiring around the culture, but...

Dreaming of Silver Rockets

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”   – Martin Luther King, Jr. Today I fired another shot in the culture war.  I cast my ballot for the Hugos.  It is a small thing, a single bullet in a single battle in a...

Quick Update

Just a few more days of fun, family, and sun in the great mid-west of these United States, and then it’s back to the salt mines in the great Pacific Islands of these United States.  Looking forward to getting back to work – that’s a good sign.  If you...