Revisiting Hyboria in Robert E. Howard’s ‘Conan: Beyond the Black River’
Beyond the Black River was first published in Weird Tales magazine, serialized from May to June of 1935, the first part coming three months after…
Author: John C. Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title. He has published short fiction in Asimov’s Science Fiction in F&SF in Absolute Magnitude and elsewhere. His novel Orphans of Chaos was a finalist for the Nebula Award in 2005. His novel Somewhither won the inaugural Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of 2016. In 2015, he made history by being nominated for six Hugo Awards in one year, more than any other author. Read more of his work at scifiwright.com.
Revisiting Robert E. Howard’s Conan: ‘A Witch Shall Be Born’
A Witch Shall Be Born was first published in Weird Tales magazine in December of 1934, coming one month after the final installment of People of the Black Circle. It…
Is Firefly REALLY Great Space Western, or Just Greatly Overrated?
We were discussing Joss Whedon’s late and lamented outer space horse opera FIREFLY. A reader named Sophia’s Favorite holds forth sharp criticism for the…
The Death of Doctor Who: I Will Not Hate It Forever
So the Doctor turns out to be, not an eccentric Time Lord who stole a broken TARDIS to flee into time and space for madcap…
Watching Today’s DC Animation is a Game of PC Bingo
I am, or, rather, was, a booster and supporter of the DC animated universe as seen on television and direct to video movies, and whenever I saw…
Revisiting Conan: The People of the Black Circle
The People of the Black Circle was published first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. It is the twelfth…
Vigilante Justice: Superheroes Are Cowboys
Our own Sophia’s Favorite observes: “Don’t apply earth-logic to comic books. In reality the Avengers are a costumed lynch-mob half of whose members are walking…
Time Travel is ALWAYS Annoying
In science fiction stories, there are a limited number of ways to explain the conundrum of how time travel might work if it could work…
My Time Travel Theories About Avengers Endgame
Spoilers for the movie ENDGAME below the cut. Go see the flick first. Several fans have voiced complaints about the plot holes caused by Avengers…
‘RED NAILS’, or Why is Conan a Barbarian?
This is a somewhat overdue review, only seventy-eight years after the fact. ‘Red Nails’ is a novella first serialized in 1936 in the July…