'"... Every white nation, even Belgium, found its slaves on the continent of Africa. From then on, African kings learned that they must surrender their sovereignty or accept deportation. The title "King" was changed to "Chief," so that even now if an African ruler calls himself "King," it sounds ridiculous to the uninformed white observer." - ( Read more... )

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Ales Kot’s Zero: Ales Kot is apparently the guy responsible for that bizarre-yet nifty MODOK-falls-in-love-with-Maria-Hill run on Secret Avengers. Zero is a comic book that is familiar and yet, in some ways, like nothing I have ever seen. It starts out as Bourne-Identity-sans-amnesia-meets-Kurt-Russel’s-Soldier then ( Read more... )

Orrin of Arrow is, I think, that rarest of things. A truly good man with all the strengths to do what his goodness demands of him. - King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

This quote is everything I ever wanted to say about Captain America and Superman without knowing I wanted to say it.

When Game of Thrones ends, either Joe Abercrombie's First Law series or R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing/Second Apocalypse will take its place. The former is more likely though because they won't have to do any extra writing to have prominent and badass female characters. Monza, Ferro, Ardee and so on ( Read more... )

If transhumanism is about how technology will help us solve the problems inherent to human nature and cyberpunk is about how technology won’t, then technothrillers are about how we'll never get to find out one way or the other.

"When Mimara asked for a third time what was the matter, he decided that he hated the young. Smooth faces and lithe strong limbs. Not to mention the certainty of ignorance. In his soul's eye he saw them doing jigs down blasted halls, while all he could do was hobble after them. Pompous wretches, he thought, with their dark hair and hundred-word ( Read more... )

If you've been reading Simon R. Green's stuff (his horrible horrible yet somehow insanely addictive stuff), you already know that the man never read something he didn't want to put in his books: the Deathstalker Series was Star Wars-Dune-40K-X-Men-Neuromancer, the Eddie Drood books are the genre kitchen-sink setting to end all genre kitchen sink ( Read more... )

Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible. - Kurt Vonnegut, "Mother Night"

Injection (#10 just dropped yesterday) is Peak Warren Ellis. It is Platonic Ideal of Warren Ellis. Global Frequency, Moon Knight, Gravel and, yes, even Planetary were but mere dress rehearsals for the coolness that is Injection ( Read more... )