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January 25, 2021
Tweet of the Day, It’s Just So Damned Beautiful edition.
It truly is.
Alas, the one bad thing about there not being a USSR anymore is that you can't put a metaphorical thumb in the metaphorical eye of the USSR. pic.twitter.com/sdbnQ5TVFo
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) January 25, 2021
January 24, 2021
01/24/2021 Snippet, THE WAR OF OLD MAN TYLER.
This is starting to feel like a book. Alternate history books set in the 1860s are bad to write. And not for the reasons you think! They’re bad because of the buttons. God help you if you get the uniform buttons wrong. God help you, because nobody else will…
Patreon!If Nacho had similar concerns over his guns, he hid it well. “Tell me, Bailey,” he asked as they rode, “have you ever dealt much with bandits?”
“A few,” Bailey said, evenly. “Just never for long. Houston ain’t a settled-down place but we don’t let folks run too wild, either.”
“That’s what I thought. Up in Houston, you faced lawbreakers, thieves, murderers, people who cannot live in peace. Men with nothing to die for.” Nacho took a swig of water (Bailey reflexively followed suit. “Friend, we will not be dealing with those kinds of bandits. They will die so that their children might be free.
“And these are hard men — and some women, too; they can tell their own tales of outrages — who have lost much since the time of their fathers. They hate your former countrymen, but they do not love Yankees, and they do not have faith in the Republic, either. The band we are going to are not fools, so they will help us, to their profit. But they are not our boon companions. They will barely be allies.”
“Foolish of ‘em,” Bailey said. “I’m sorry, Nacho, but that is the truth. I understand why they wouldn’t feel obliged to tell one kind of gringo from another.” Especially since the USA grabbed everything from Texas to California and snapped up Cuba, too, he thought. Hell, you probably don’t like that much, either. “But Mexico and the Yucatan’s still in there, swinging. Who else do they got to watch their backs?”
“Well, as I said: these fighters, they are not fools. We will get their aid… once they know the price has been paid for it. Their word is good that way.”
I am suspicious of this GODZILLA VS. KONG trailer.
It seems determined to make me root for Kong, which is of course ridiculous. I have nothing against the personalized metaphor for American involvement in Southeast Asia, but I am firmly on the side of the personalized metaphor for the Pax Americana. I can only assume that something – probably the personalized metaphor for… ah, well, people are holding out hope for Mechagodzilla, so whatever that metaphor is – is responsible for the problem, and once fixed Kong and Godzilla will turn around and pound the crap out of that.
Moe Lane
PS: This and Wonder Woman ’84 (which I still like!) and Justice League is why we got HBO Max. Although the rest of the DC stuff is popular with my wife and kids.
Patreon Microfiction: ‘Acceptance.’
Yeah, it was not a happy time in the world of ‘Acceptance.’ Hence, the title. I remember somebody pointing out once that much, if not most, of the utopian fiction out there seems to start with First, more than half the world died…
Patreon!TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION is now live on Kindle Unlimited!
Print version to follow. TALES FROM THE FERMI RESOLUTION is a collection of short stories set in the same universe as FROZEN DREAMS, which means they’re all post-apocalyptic fantasy stories: there’s a Tom Vargas novelette in there (which is completely separate from TINSEL RAIN. the sequel to FROZEN DREAMS) and a self-contained story from MORGAN BAROD (which is the next book scheduled for publication). Plus a bunch of others which I hope you will like. Check it out!
Moe Lane
January 23, 2021
‘Fast Car.’
Stuck in my head.
Less than 3 days left on the SJG GURPS Pyramid Scheme Kickstarter.
They’re not yet at the last stretch goal for GURPS Pyramid Scheme, so go for it! I want more goodies for my pledge. It’s all-digital, too, so no worries there.
Book of the Week: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.
I’m debating on whether to buy The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: it’s a novelization of the movie, but it’s a novelization written by the guy who wrote the script for the movie. Plus, you know, Buckaroo Banzai.
Tweet of the Day, MYYYYYSSSSTERRRIOUS edition.
Keep watching this space.https://t.co/01UIcjm8Mn
— Ogiel (Moe Lane) (@Ogiel23) January 24, 2021
