Absolutely love the use of light in his landscapes and buildings.…
Looking at the fantasy and science fiction landscapes these days, they are dominated by neverending series. And lo, it has become fashionable to complain that even before mediocre writers earn their craft, they are already working on neverending series, milking money one dollop at a time from the waning pool of traditional readers by pumping them full of mediocre writing, over, and over again. Insofar as it goes, it’s true. Outside of Neal Stephenson, I’m hard pressed to name a one-off I’ve rea…
A man goes around the St Cloud Mall in Minnesota with a knife attacking people [http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/18/minnesota-mall-attacker-referenced-allah-before-stabbing-rampage-police-chief-says.html] . Amazingly, it *is *reported he was shouting *Allahu Akbar, *that he asked his victims whether or not they were muslims, and ISIS claimed credit. Just as amazingly I have yet to hear insistence that Islam had nothing to do with it. A wonderful example of reporting the facts while still caref…
I have no idea how Howard will pull this one out – or if he will. But damn. If you like Schlock Mercenary, you’ve probably seen the comic [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-09-18] before you came here. Let’s just say that very bad things happen to very good people, in the cause of keeping loved ones and friends alive. Here’s the thing – yeah, he no longer spends the quality time with Larry – or anyone else remotely conservative – on Writing Excuses (and it had gone downhill about the time…
A very useful PSA, especially for BLM types……