I’ve been interested in DC’s recent response to criticism that their New 52 relaunch reduced their number of female creators from %12 to %1. (Er… well, it’s complicated.) As a woman who enjoys comics and has aspirations in the field myself, I feel I have a bit of skin (hehe) in the game. So […]
ShadowBytes is a new webcomic from Patrick Hester and Clifton Hill. New episodes appear every Tuesday and Thursdays on the Webcomic website.
Huh. Weird. After posting the interview with Charles Day, I received a message from him that he couldn’t actually see the post. I looked in Firefox and Safari, the two browsers I use the most, and everything looked fine. Assuming this meant he was using Internet Explorer, I checked out the post there and was […]
hierophant noun. 1. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) an official high priest of religious mysteries, esp those of Eleusis 2. a person who interprets and explains esoteric mysteries Back when I wrote a review of Finch, I called Jeff Vandermeer the “Hierophant of the New Weird”. I used that unusual word on purpose, then, and I use […]
Y’arr! Ahoy me hearties, and this be another installment of the Booze Nerd. This month we sample the finest cup in all of the seven seas! Okay, I’ll stop. But you might have guessed already that this month’s post is all about the favorite drink of pirates everywhere–rum. A Rotten Sweet Tooth The history of […]
ShadowBytes is a new webcomic from Patrick Hester and Clifton Hill. New episodes appear every Tuesday and Thursdays on the Webcomic website.
I’ve been trying to come up with a format / column for me to contribute to Functional Nerds for quite some time, but nothing ever seems to feel right to me. Then I realized that I’ve already created it. So welcome to All Things From My Brain. Used Video Games I buy 95% used video […]
ShadowBytes is a new webcomic from Patrick Hester and Clifton Hill. New episodes appear every Tuesday and Thursdays on the Webcomic website.
Take a captain of a beat up old ship that sometimes can barely fly, but he loves it to death. He’s a veteran of a recent war, has no love for the Navy, and seeks freedom and profit, from trading between ports to a bit of light piracy and theft now and again. He […]
ShadowBytes is a new webcomic from Patrick Hester and Clifton Hill. New episodes appear every Tuesday and Thursdays on the Webcomic website.
I recently received a copy of White Elephant from Brian Kelley. Brian is trying to fund his game thru kickstarter and sent out a few demos to get feedback on and also to get the word out about this fun party card game. White Elephant is based on the annual tradition of holiday party gift […]
Desdaemona by Ben Macallan Desdaemona is a stand-alone Urban Fantasy set in London. The protagonist, Jordan, hears a banshee’s scream late at night. He finds a teenage girl cowering in a bus station, under attack by a pack of werewolves. The girl has no one else to help her, so seventeen-year old Jordan stands between […]
Galileo’s Dream, by author Kim Stanley Robinson, takes the reader on a time traveling adventure between the moons of Jupiter and the most famous cities of the Renaissance, between the political turmoil of the distant future to the inner turmoil of Galileo’s own mind. Our guides throughout the journey are a man named […]
ShadowBytes is a new webcomic from Patrick Hester and Clifton Hill. New episodes appear every Tuesday and Thursdays on the Webcomic website.
A Review of Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan is a freelance editor known for the wide variety of anthologies and author collections he has helped mold into shape. Ranging from collections of Jack Vance and Larry Niven to the New Space Opera to the Sword and Sorcery anthology Swords and […]
This coming weekend (July 22nd-July 24th) I will be a guest at Confluence, The Literary Sci-Fi Convention in Pittsburgh, PA. I will be performing a set of my original music on Friday evening: Friday, July 22nd 9:00pm: John Anealio (Solo Concert) in The Redwood Room This is a great con with lots of cool guests […]
Nerd Worthy News Scifi & Fantasy Airlock Alpha: SciFriday: Getting Ready For Comic-Con … In Carlsbad? Airlock Alpha: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Scores 13 Emmy Nominations Airlock Alpha: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Author Enjoys The Hard Life Airlock Alpha: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Finds Its Brienne The Beauty Airlock Alpha: Barrowman: ‘Torchwood’ Is Psychological Fiction Airlock Alpha: John […]
ShadowBytes is a new webcomic from Patrick Hester and Clifton Hill. New episodes appear every Tuesday and Thursdays on the Webcomic website.
Hex, by Allen M. Steele, is the sixth book in his Coyote series, taking place a number of years after the original novel. It’s a fast, exciting read, but one that fails to live up to expectations. Humanity has been opened up to the stars via a network of gates and tentative connections with other […]
I’ve asked Booze Nerd Andy Romine to assist me in writing this post as we gear up for a Functional Nerds Drink & Draw party. Thank you Andy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Functional Nerds twitter event: Drink & Draw! When: The evening of Friday July 15th. Where: tweeting from a computer/mobile device near you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drink • and […]
ShadowBytes is a new webcomic from Patrick Hester and Clifton Hill. New episodes appear every Tuesday and Thursdays on the Webcomic website.
Do I dare disturb the universe? – (TS Elliot) quoted by The Mastermind Timecaster by Joe Kimball, a self described Eco-punk novel set in a green utopean future, promises all the thrills, violence, sex, and groin punches that you probably wouldn’t expect in that setting. It’s not short on humor either. In […]
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