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sSensor Sweep: Weird Tales, Chuck Tingle, The Acolyte
Monday , 15, July 2024 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentWeird Tales (Rough Edges): I’ve been meaning to read Henry Kuttner’s Elak of Atlantis stories for a long time now, and I’m getting to the age where I’m feeling a bit more urgency about getting around to the things I want to do. Star Wars (Nerdrotic): The Acolyte is everything Kathleen Kennedy’s Lucasfilm wants and […]
The arrival of the electronic format of text and print on demand has allowed a flourishing of the small press. Niche genres that the Big 5 would not look at can be presented economically. Savage Realms April 2024 is if I am correct, the 28th issue of the magazine. I salute their hard work the […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 13 July 2024
Sunday , 14, July 2024 Uncategorized Leave a commentEvery week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. The Burned Book (Arkwright Cycle #1) – Brian Niemeier An outcast boy with a terrible secret … A disillusioned priest seeking release from fate … The restless son of a fading race […]
Sensor Sweep: Edgar Rice Burroughs, D&D Slave Lord Module, Michael Moorcock
Monday , 8, July 2024 Sensor Sweep Leave a commentFantasy (Rageaholic): The Witcher vs. Elric: Popular Plagiarism Games (Bounding Into Comics): To the surprise of no one without a grain of sense, Japanese players are not happy with Ubisoft’s decision to use Assassin’s Creed‘s first official foray into the island nation as a platform for more ‘diversity activism’. Comic Books (Paperback Warrior): Gold Key […]
I have read foreign language fantasy translated into English when I find them. DAW Books had some translations of French writer Daniel Walther. The anthology Terra SF II (DAW Books, 1983) had more fantasy than science fiction, all from European writers. I have wanted to read the two novels of Norwegian writer Egil Rasmussen for […]
Science Fiction and Fantasy New Releases: 6 July 2024
Saturday , 6, July 2024 Uncategorized Leave a commentEvery week, the Castalia House Blog spotlights some of the many new releases in independent, pulp, and web novel-influenced science fiction and fantasy. Daughter Of The Night – Toby Neighbors She didn’t ask to be taken She didn’t go looking for power Now she’ll have to choose a side and live with consequences… if she […]
Sensor Sweep: John Carter Comics, Solomon Kane, Terror Tales, Sidearm & Sorcery
Monday , 1, July 2024 Sensor Sweep 2 CommentsScience Fiction (William Emmons Books): This installment of the Official William Emmons Books Newsletter is a look at the October 1949 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. I’ll be getting into the meat of the issue in this post. But since this is the first full issue of Astounding I’ve reviewed here, I’ll start by laying […]