Science Fantasy: When Science Fiction & Fantasy Perfectly Merge
We all know the difference between fantasy and science fiction. Fantasy has witches and wizards with magic powers, whereas in science fiction the exact…
Tag: John C Wright
Good Friday: Marvel Comics Says Jesus Christ Now a Mutant
A friend brought this to my attention with the words “I thought the headline was simply clickbait, but nope. It looks serious. May God forgive…
Rebuttal: In Defense of Jack Williamson’s ‘Legion of Time’
This is not a review as much as a rebuttal. Having a hankering to reread LEGION OF TIME by Jack Williamson, a classic of old…
Theory & Practice: The Central Problem of Time Travel Tales
Time travel, in order to be time travel properly so called, must allow the time traveler to change the past and to visit hence…
The Importance of the Superheroine’s Mother
Apropos of a recent conversation in this space, by sheer chance, I came across this scene in AVENGERS INFINITY (2000) #1. Here we see…
Regarding the Subject of the Superhero’s Wife
A reader of my blog with the royal yet ranch-hand name of Roy Brander recently commented: “But the comic-book hero adventures all have to be…
This May Be the Last Non-Spoiler Review of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’
Unfortunately, there are so many plot twists in this film, that even the most basic description contains spoilers, which I shall leave to…
Review: Robert E. Howard’s ‘Conan: Hour of the Dragon’
Hour of the Dragon was first serialized in Weird Tales magazine, appearing between December of 1935 to April of 16. It was later published by Gnome…
Review: Robert E. Howard’s ‘Conan: Man-Eaters of Zamboula’
Shadows of Zamboula (originally called Man-Eaters of Zamboula) was first published in Weird Tales magazine November of 1935, coming four months after Beyond the Black River. It is the sixteenth…
Trekonomics: Discussing Star Trek’s Pseudo-Economics
Robert P. Murphy points out that, not only does the post-scarcity economy portrayed in Star Trek not make sense, it’s not really even post-scarcity. In reply to…