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March 13, 2021
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin – Book Review
George Orr is afraid of falling asleep. When he dreams a particular kind of dream, what Le Guin titles an ‘effective’ dream, Orr wakes up to find reality has quite literally shifted to accommodate that dream. When we first meet him, the weight of this has turned him into a drug user, taking anything that […]
Cover Reveal: Brand J. Alexander’s ‘Rise of Tears’ and ‘Fall of Tears’
Rise of Tears The world of Elerea is dying, and Asahn is the only one who can save it. At least that’s the tale that Old Durn, the tribe storyteller, was weaving this time. It seemed absurd at first, but then everything spun out of control. A strange new religion is hunting the Kahn Shogal, […]
EXODUS OF GNOMES by Demi Harper (BOOK REVIEW)
My experience of LitRPG is still pretty limited having sampled a couple of SPFBO examples but only read two through to completion, the first being Demi Harper’s LitRPG debut God of Gnomes and the second it’s sequel Exodus of Gnomes. I like RPG games and I like fantasy books but I was wary as to […]
Indie Feature Friday: Top 10 Cyberpunk Novels by Independent Authors
These Indie authors are taking cyberpunk to the next level! If you ask most SF geeks about their favourite cyberpunk novel, you’ll likely hear one of two answers. William Gibson’s Neuromancer or Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. I know this, because I’ve been asking! Genre research is something I take pretty seriously. I’m halfway through Neuromancer… […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds enters production
Paramount+ has announced that production on Star Trek; Strange New Worlds. is officially underway in Toronto, Canada. “In a career, there is never enough work that is pure joy. I feel that my friend Alex Kurtzman along with David Stapf at CBS Studios and Julie McNamara at Paramount+ have given me just that by letting […]
Collections: The Universal Warrior, Part I: Soldiers, Warriors, and…
Originally posted on A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: This is the first part of a three part (II, III) discussion of an idea I am going to term (borrowing from one of its proponents) the ‘universal warrior’ – the idea that there is a transcendent sameness about either the warrior experience or warrior values which… […]
Rhythm of War: Book Review
Image Source: https://www.amazon.com/Rhythm-Stormli... During the Fall semester of 2020, one of my three favorite authors released a new book and when they do, I always try to buy it and read it over the intervening break. Unfortunately, one of my three is semi-retired and even though she has a series still in progress, she’s not […]
March 12, 2021
New Star Trek documentary to mark 55th anniversary
History Channel is preparing The Center Seat – a documentary to mark the 55th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise. Deadline broke the news of Brian Volk-Weiss’ eight part series. “Star Trek, from before I was 10 years old, gave me the closest thing I have to a code to follow in my life,” Volk-Weiss […]
Are Dragons Evil, Part 6 – Japanese
Much of Japanese dragon mythology is an amalgamation of native legends with those from China, Korea and India. The style of dragon was heavily influenced by the Chinese dragon. Japanese dragon, known as ryu or tatsu, is similar to Chinese dragon in that it is depicted as a large serpent-like being, without wings and with […]
Unsung Kickstarter: OUT OF THE DARKNESS edited by Dan Coxon
The Fantasy Hive is excited to announce the launch of a new Kickstarter by Unsung Stories, one of the leading independent publishers of SF and Fantasy in the UK. The Kickstarter for Out Of The Darkness, a new anthology of horror and dark fantasy stories exploring the theme of mental health, goes online today. Unsung […]
