As I pointed out in a Goodreads review of Elizabeth Bear’s new space opera, Ancestral Night, space opera is back, and at least in the hands of some writers, among whom are females and at least one trans person, it is not even remotely retrogressive in the ways that were standard some thirty years ago, when it was all het white guys all the time, ( Read more... )

Serial Box ran a series called Whitehall a couple years back. The focus was Catherine, wife of Charles II, and his court ( Read more... )

Over here I talk about a thoroughly enjoyable narrative overview of the American Revolution, that I think would be of interest to Hamilton fans, judging by the first comment. And everyone else, of course ( Read more... )