Let me get this straight: There is a new prequel novella for C. S. Friedman's Coldfire Trilogy (for which I have a profound adoration, and which you should start reading right now if it's new to you), and none of you told me?

For shame, flist! FOR SHAME.

Dominion: Four hundred years after mankind's arrival on Erna, the undead sorcerer Gerald ( Read more... )

The latest hysterical UPPITY VAGINAS ARE RUINING REAL SCIENCE FICTION!!1! tantrum (to which I'm not going to link), ably rebutted/mocked by The Smart Bitches and John Scalzi:

Scalzi: Well, actually, the thing to do is trap such creatures in a dork snare (cunningly baited with Cool Ranch Doritos, Diet Ultra Violet Mountain Dew and a dual monitor ( Read more... )