Happy Birthday, H.P. LovecraftToday would have been H.P. Lovecraft's 126th birthday. So I thought that I would acknowledge this writer's influences on me here today, and just offer up another comment or two ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, H.P. LovecraftToday would have been H.P. Lovecraft's 125th birthday. So I thought that I would acknowledge this writer's influences on me here today, and just offer up another comment or two ( Read more... )

Sad, sad news in the world of entertainment.

Legendary actor, singer, and author Sir Christopher Lee has died.

Screen Legend Sir Christopher Lee Dies, Aged 93

Sad, terrible news.

During the gaming session last night with my Friday night group, one of my players asked a simple question:

How similar mechanically and thematically is Chill RPG, 3rd Edition to Call of CthulhuWhile I was able to give them a good answer to this, based on my experience with both games, Matthew McFarland, the lead designer for the game at Growling ( Read more... )

The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have announced the nominees for the Nebula Awards.

Nebula Nominees Announced

There's some truly interesting nominees this year, and a few surprises as well.

On the way home today, I stopped off at a local independent bookstore and picked up a copy of the latest Terry Pratchett Discworld novel, Making Money. This the thirty-second Discworld novel, not including the four young adult Discworld novels or the three Science of Discworld novels ( Read more... )