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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 or pick up one of his novels here.
First things first: There are no “Woke” sucker punches in the film. Somehow, it escaped Cultural Revolution vandalism. However, the actresses lack glamor…
I recently penned the last entry to a project, begun in 2014, to review all the Conan stories of Robert E. Howard in their publication order. This would seem…
The Black Stranger was unpublished in Robert E. Howard’s lifetime. It first appears in Fantasy Magazine, in March 1953, seven months after the posthumous publication of God in…
Puzzling out why Wokesters cannot tell a story, despite being in the story-telling business, and despite showing the ability, when not Wokestering, to do it,…
I rarely see movies these days, because most are evil, stupid, disgusting, and, more unforgivably, because most are dull, but when bug exterminators drove me…
Recent columns in this space reviewed the seminal science fiction adventure novellas of Anthony Rogers, namely ARMAGEDDON 2419 A.D. and its sequel AIRLORDS OF HAN by Phillip Francis Nowlan.…