And pull out some wrongthink [http://badnovelist.com/giveaways/wrongthink-sci-fi-giveaway/]. (Hat tip to Brian Niemeier [http://www.brianniemeier.com/2017/04/wrongthink-sci-fi-giveaway.html]) > The Wrongthink Sci-Fi Giveaway is about showcasing authors who have been marginalized by the gatekeepers of the sci-fi publishing industry for the sin of not complying with progressive social justice dogma. From Sarah Hoyt, who was accused of racism and ”internalized misogyny” for her association with t…
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Ages ago, shortly after Star Wars came out, Alan Dean Foster released a novel of a Star Wars followup story with an awesomely cool cover that included Luke, Leia, and Darth Vader. I was young – innocent to the ways of movie tie ins – and it was much later that I learned that this author was also the author of the first Star Wars book, supposedly written by George Lucas. By then I’d already ready more than a fair bit of Foster’s stuff, including With Friends Like These… and the followon collectio…
We are repeatedly assured that we need “diverse” characters (of uniform belief) so that women, and other minorities than while males (women are not a minority) can see themselves in the characters to better appreciate the story and the role model. I’m going to ignore for the moment the whole “content of character” not being the same as “color of skin/shape of genitals” thing, and take them for their word. If we need people who represent us – let’s leave aside stories with alien protagonists, e…
His Brings the Lightning – an excellent, excellent read – won the Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Book Alliance Book of the Year for 2017 [https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2017/04/and-winner-is.html]. > I’m very grateful for my readers’ support. This is a minor competition, to be sure, but the competition was fierce – to go up against John Ringo and Larry Correia was tough! Thank you for coming through for me with your support. Did I mention it’s an excellent book? Go, [read it](ht…
Jon Del Arroz is posting in support of John Wright’s crusade, and decided to highlight nine christian artists he thought worth supporting [http://delarroz.com/?p=738]in the fields of writing, comics, and music. Looking at the list, I realize that I only recognize three of the names. Now, three I don’t recognize are in comics, which I’m not as familiar with, but not only had I not heard of Nadine Brandes [http://www.nadinebrandes.com/]under writers, but the only musician I had heard of, in passin…