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 […]
Space Opera
#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. […]
