On the Importance of the Belgariad 1991. Bill Clinton was in the White House. Gas cost…well to be honest I don’t remember, but a whole lot less than it does now. A can of coke could be had for .50 cents from the local vending machine. And I was a nervous 14-year...
The Glorious Cause In the end, however, the intangible played as great a part as organization or system in keeping the army going. The army’s will to survive and to fight on short rations, its willingness to suffer, to sacrifice, made the inadequate adequate and...
Books are like meals. Every time we crack open a new volume, we dream that what lies inside is a feast for the senses, a giant well-cooked masterpiece of action, adventure and thought-provoking concepts tat challenge how we view the world, stimulating the mind even as...
Before Harry Turtledove became obsessed with writing – and rewriting- alternative versions of the Second World War, he was a notable scholar of Byzantine history, which led him to write the Videssos series, and entertaining saga that turns away from the usual...
The current superhero boom has been around long enough to inspire satires and piss takes – subverting the classic superhero tale is now as much of a tradition as…well, the traditional story. If you think about it, the idea of someone finding out he has...
“Almost time to die, you maggots!” The chief jailer whacked his baton against the iron bars of the cells, laughing as several of the inmates scrambled back. “That’s right, practice your shakin’! The mob expects a good show, don’t...
