There’s another Jon out there in SF who’s very much worth your while, and his name is Jon Mollison. He writes in the vein of the old school pulps like very few I’ve seen. If you’re into hard action/adventure in your sci-fi, this work’s for you. Fun fact: he’s also an audiobook narrator, most recently […]
#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 […]
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 […]
Book Review: Cartwright’s Cavaliers by Mark Wandrey
I picked up the audiobook edition of Cartwright’s Cavaliers by Mark Wandrey, expecting pretty much what I saw on the cover — big mech fights. While he certainly delivered on that cover promise in this book, he also delivered a lot more. Forgive me if I misspell any names, as having the audio version meant […]
Retro Review: Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
Last week, the new book Thrawn by Timothy Zahn came out, a book I didn’t expect to see until it was announced. It hit #2 on the NYT Bestsellers list, so big congratulations to Mr. Zahn. I picked it up, but I wanted to reread the original Thrawn Trilogy first as it’s been about 19 […]
I Can’t Believe I Missed This!
For some reason, it was in my mind that this was coming out in May. It’s no secret that Elizabeth Moon is one of my favorite authors, my writing has been compared to hers on numerous occasions (of which I am honored but not deserving!), and I definitely do use her work as a model […]
Sci-Fi Movie Review: Passengers
Most of you are probably already aware that I liked this movie, as it made my list for the 2017 Dragon Award nominations for best Sci-Fi film. Part of that was a lack of other great sci-fi films in this last year, but that doesn’t mean that I enjoyed Passengers any less. The concept of […]
Jon Del Arroz’s Based Dragon Award Recommendations
Ran a poll yesterday on which blog my readers would like to see next, and the winner by no uncertain terms was my recommendation for Dragon Award nominations. If you haven’t seen the Dragon Awards before, they are the premier award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, given at Dragon*Con, arguably the best convention that exists. […]
Review: Excalibur by Tim Marquitz
Excalibur by Tim Marquitz had me at the cover, then I stayed for the wild rollercoaster ride of wall to wall action. This book was pretty much everything i ever wanted out of a science fiction TV show in book form. The opening scene is pure action, reminding me of Babylon 5- A […]
Star Realms: Rescue Run Promo Card!!!
Needless to say, I’m excited. A reader messaged me this morning and let me know that Star Realms: Rescue Run has been made into a promo card for the game,which is available on the Board Game Geek Store: https://boardgamegeekstore.com/products/star-realms-rescue-run-promo-card Very cool. I love the art with the event frame. I think that Antonis (the artist) […]
Signing @ Colossus Con – Saturday, April 8th in Pleasanton, CA
I’ll be setting up a table signing copies of Star Realms: Rescue Run for anyone who wants to come by (will have copies available for sale, as well as some of the last of the stock of the graphic novel of my former web-comic, Flying Sparks, which features art by Dynamite Artist Jethro Morales of […]
It’s #WorldBooksDay!
I found out because of the hashtag on twitter. This is a wonderful thing! If you’d like to help out your friendly neighborhood author me, I would be much appreciative if you, my trusty reader friends, would share up Star Realms: Rescue Run with the hashtag #WorldBooksDay in order to help further get the word […]
#GetOnGab
Super sick today, laying in bed with a fever, but I did hit 500 followers over on the gab.ai social network. I love it over there, and want to help promote them. In honor of that, I am doing a book giveaway of a signed Star Realms: Rescue Run to mark this follower milestone. I’m […]
Love Is A Drink That Goes Straight To My Head
It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air. I took the occasion to tell some of my favorite authors how much I’d love to co-write with them on Twitter, but the day also spurs thoughts as to what romance is within the context of Science Fiction, and whether it has a place being central to […]
Are You Tired of Winning?
I’m still not tired. Working hard on editing my Steampunk book right now, but I’m gonna take a break to show you this image: Yes, that is my book, and yes, it is currently selling better on Amazon in Space Opera than BayCon’s Guest of Honor, who has a TV show that just came back […]
Science Fiction Should Be Fun!
A few quotes from around the web this last day or so made me think about why I love Science Fiction and what makes it interesting. As a kid, what made me gravitate toward Sci-Fi was the unknown, staring up into the stars and wondering what’s out there so far away. This led me to […]
Trading in Danger Ch11
“What I have to propose now affects us both.” I continue with my read through and analysis of Elizabeth Moon’s Trading In Danger. This chapter is quite the roller coaster. High emotion, high conflict, and a big twist to the plot. I can’t speak for certain, but a little bit past the halfway point, this […]
Overanalyzing The New Star Wars Movie Title
At least it’s a fun topic for an internet that’s been anything but fun lately, eh? I’ve seen a couple of major threads going around in people’s posts this morning regarding the new Star Wars movie title unveiled today. One, that it brings back the member berries of The Last Starfighter, which I have to […]
Elizabeth Moon’s Trading In Danger – The Catch Up Post!
Happy Saturday everyone! over the last couple weeks I’ve been doing a casual study/read of Elizabeth Moon’s awesome space opera novel, Trading In Danger. This is the first book in the Vatta’s War series. Ms. Moon is a master in this genre, and this series is worth the study for writers and Space Opera fans […]
Trading In Danger Ch8
“There are two warships insystem, mercenaries.” Last chapter, the ansibles were blown, cutting off communication. Ky has decided to take precautionary action to undock from the station and run, in case someone is coming to shoot up the station and destroy it. That decision proves effective, as we learn there are warships in the system, […]