Moe Lane's Blog, page 505
September 21, 2022
HEY, WHO WANTS TO HEAR THE NEW OFFICIAL SPACE FORCE SONG?
Tough! You’re hearing it anyway. I give you… Semper Supra*.
…Man, now I really want to see the 1950s Atomic Age SF serial that they got this song from.
Moe Lane
*Yes. Yes, the title does translate to “Always Up.” I can’t believe nobody caught that, either. And by that I literally believe I can’t believe it. Everybody involved in this process sniggered, quietly, and signed off on the name.
Quote of the Day, Necromancy Is Just Creative Recycling edition.
This is so true: “You have to learn to be creative with the corpses you have, not the corpses you want.”
…I know, I know: it’s not Halloween yet. It’s not even October. But I’m getting in that spooktastic mood.
September 20, 2022
Looking for future book fairs and conventions.
Starting in December – or, more likely, January 2023. Maryland for preference, although if I can get to somewhere in DC or Northern Virginia without putting my life in my hands that’s fine. I would actually prefer the smaller venues at this point, because they’re more likely to be reasonable on table fees. The last two biggish conventions I vended at… were not.
Suggestions welcome.
Schedule:
October 1st: Fright Reads.November 19th: Stellar Con.The ‘This Doesn’t Look Half Bad’ THE MIDNIGHT CLUB Netflix trailer.
I mean, THE MIDNIGHT CLUB’S got a definite vibe going. It’s always exciting when the ostensible Plucky Heroine says something like If there’s a way to save us, I’d burn the world down in a horror show. It promises that entertainingly horrific Bad Decisions are going to be made, very, very soon.
Netflix, October 7th. I may actually catch this.
09/20/2022 Snippet, BUZZ ON THE STREETS.
More conversations!
Patreon!“So we look out the window, and it ain’t the trash guys. It’s, like, five guys fighting, four on one, and the one’s winning. Knocked them all flat, too. The last one standing, your elf smacked into my window, so hard it cracked.”
The shopkeeper shrugged, and started sweeping again. After a minute I waved my hands around and said, “And?”
“And what?”
“What happened then?”
“Nothing? Your buddy threw them all in a coach, and left.”
“Hold up. There was a coach? With horses?”
“Yeah, Shamus. What did you think they did, run up on foot?”
“I wasn’t here, buddy. You were. So, they had a coach. Was it fancy?”
“It had a coat of arms on it, so yeah. Got dinged up in the fight, though. The guy inside it was yelling a lot when your buddy started throwing the goons inside.”
“So there were five guys, then?”
“No, six.”
Geez, how many people were at this fight, anyway? “Really? Who was the sixth guy? The coach driver?”
The shopkeeper looked at me like I was nuts. “No, the driver was with the four guys fighting your buddy, Shamus. Your buddy was the fifth guy. The guy in the coach, he was the sixth guy.”
“Ah. Gotcha.”
“Didn’t anybody ever teach you to count, Shamus?”
“Only my blessings,” I mumbled.
Tweet of the Day, I Want To *Watch* Somebody Drink Some Of These edition.
Because I have no intention of ever actually drinking any of them myself. Oh, my, no. Let somebody else suffer, in the name of art…
i've preemptively named every mountain dew-based cocktail. please note I've only made like 3 of these combinations pic.twitter.com/GbaGQ8novD
— Jack Grimes (@Jackapedia_) September 19, 2022
Via @TychoBrahe.
The Dr. Grordbort’s Scientific Adventure Violence (5e D&D) Kickstarter.
Dr. Grordbort’s Scientific Adventure Violence looks like a lot of fun, it’s a cool concept, and I can confirm that it’s ethically sourced (they’re printing it in Lithuania). Retro-raygun and mad science roleplaying in a pulpy Solar System. Neat!
The Kickstarter’s only got 48 hours left, so if you’re going to get it, get it now.
September 19, 2022
There will be one more ‘By Eric Flint’ 163X book.
Which is… well, ‘nice’ isn’t the right word. But at least it’ll be one last book of Eric’s.
September 2023
1638: The Siberian Enterprise by Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett & Gorg Huff—hardcover
There’s some more under-contract books that will be deemed ‘With Eric Flint,’ and anything more than that will depend on getting permission from Eric Flint’s widow and heir Lucille Robbins. It sounds like they do want to keep the series running, at least for a while. Hopefully there won’t be too much disruption of the existing Ring of Fire community. Hopefully.
