In Pre-Cult Culture, Christianity Was a Cultural Normal
History shows us that whenever one culture conquers another, the victors take pains to rub out or co-opt their new subjects’ religion. This dynamic…
Author: Brian Niemeier
Brian Niemeier is a best selling science fiction author and a John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer finalist. His second book, Souldancer, won the first ever Dragon Award for Best Horror Novel., and its sequel, The Secret Kings, became a 2017 Dragon Award finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel. He's currently crowdfunding his latest work Combat Frame XSeed: CY 40 Second Coming on Indiegogo. Read more of his work at brianniemeier.com or pick up his books via Amazon.
How to Assemble Your Very Own Time Machine
Did you know that you own a time machine? As a matter of fact, you probably own several. Even if you don’t…
The World is Ready for the Rise of ‘Dissident Cinema’
One windfall of the Star Wars sequel trilogy fiasco is that it clued millions of ordinary people in to what folks in the counterculture have known for…
Use the Ring
Conservatives are fond of invoking the Ring of Power from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings as a symbol of government power. It’s easy…
Pacing Lessons from George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
Many writers labor under a common misconception about what makes a book feel fast-paced. Slamming chapters together with no space in-between doesn’t necessarily give readers…
Reflecting on ‘Aughts Nostalgia’ (2000 – 2009) in the Modern Day
The accepted wisdom among creators in the new counterculture holds that there will be no aughts nostalgia movement as there is for the last decades of…
The Abusive Parasocial Relationship Dynamic of Nerd Culture Outrage
Before he was driven into soft exile from every major streaming platform, the internet’s court jester Mister Metokur declared that the typical YouTuber’s career lasts…
A Whole New Way of Thinking About Writing
There’s an old saying in comics that writers can’t draw, and artists can’t write. That’s an overgeneralization. Sometimes you do get a John Byrne…
Aw, Shucks: Let the ‘Great Star Wars Replacement’ Commence!
Bounding Into Comics has assembled a list of properties in various media which it deems capable of replacing Star Wars. Following Disney’s takeover of…
Escaping Pop Culture: You Can’t Save Everyone
Alric Hart pens a scathing rebuke of current pop culture and correctly points out that, as much as you might want to, you can’t save everyone from…