Snapshot is the recent “between novellas” project by Brandon Sanderson. This one is a little different, a science fantasy near-future world where police can create these “Snapshots” which are direct copies of the world before a crime occurs. Police can go into these snapshots and investigate by seeing what actually happened for a period of […]
Archives for May 2017
For Steam And Country Cover Reveal!
The moment everyone’s been waiting for is here! For Steam And Country is set to be released next month, my second novel, and my first venture into Fantasy. I had an incredible time writing this book, and early reviews are saying it’s even better than my award nominated debut novel. You’ll not want to miss this. […]
#SpaceOperaWeek Round-Up
There’s been a lot of cool content for Space Opera Week, and we at the #PulpRevolution created one of the best weeks of content for Science Fiction in a long time. If you missed any of my guest contributions to awesome science fiction sites this week: Realism is Dumb Jon Del Arroz’s Definitive Top 5 […]
#SpaceOperaWeek Geekchats Special: Space Opera and Woldbuilding with Sarah Hoyt
It’s #SpaceOperaWeek and I’m excited to have one of my favorite authors working in the field right now, Sarah Hoyt, on tomorrow to talk about her Darkship series, her inspirations, what space opera means to her and some of the helpful tricks she used to come up with such a rich and imaginative world like […]
Chris Cornell Tribute
Going to have a pretty busy day but wanted to acknowledge all the beautiful music Chris Cornell brought me. I actually found his 1999 solo album to be the best. Saw him with a backing band in 2001 and he was inspiring both vocally and on guitar. Some of the last true rock ‘n roll:
Tordotcom Celebrates #SpaceOperaWeek By Censoring Popular Space Opera Author
When I first heard about #SpaceOperaWeek, I was excited. It provided a chance to talk about the sub-genre of Science Fiction that I love more than any other, and cross-platform across the internet through the use of the hashtag to where I’d be able to reach and connect with a lot of people. Unfortunately, the […]
#SpaceOperaWeek: Tor Dot Com Writers vs. #PulpRevolution Writers
Old establishment publishing during Space Opera Week (Tor Dot Com columnist): Derp derp, trump bad. trump bad. trump bad. #PulpRevolution new hot writers during Space Opera Week: We talk about science fiction. Is it any wonder that we’re talking over the genre? That more and more people are turning to us for content and fiction […]
When It’s #SpaceOperaWeek And Your Contributors Hate Space Opera
It boggles my mind how an innocuous topic can be ruined by critics. It seems like that is a hallmark of our culture these days as well as the “Cult of the New” which I posted about last evening. All of these problems trickle into everything and make it so people simply can’t have any […]
Retro Review: Sassinak by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon #SpaceOperaWeek
What timing, as over the weekend I read this space opera beauty by Grand Master of Science Fiction Anne McCaffrey, and one of the space opera greats, Elizabeth Moon. Ms. McCaffrey was extremely generous with the brand name in the late 80s early 90s, co-writing with a number of folk to help increase awareness for […]
The Cult Of The New And Its Destruction Of Culture
Here’s a topic I haven’t really touched before, but it’s relevant to the way that culture has been systematically destroyed by a certain group over the last few decades. I’ve seen it discussed elsewhere as “the cult of the new” — where it’s driven by this near thoughtless consumerism of I NEED THE NEW […]
Comic Review: Green Lantern Corps: Rebirth Vol. 1
What’s interesting about the DC reboots is some of them don’t even try to “start over” but launch with the assumption that you know everyone and everything going on. For Green Lantern Corps and the Sinestro Corps and all that with the yellow/green war for who’s policing the galaxy – it pretty much assumes you’ve […]
Regular Influx Of New Readers Post and Projects Update
I’m getting a big traffic spike again, so I figure I should introduce myself to new readers. Hi! I’m Jon Del Arroz. I originally dubbed myself “Space Opera Word Pilot” as my primary love in genre fiction is space opera, and I intend on writing that for the rest of my life. Since then, I’ve […]
