Tag: Larry Correia
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Bullies and Toadies
Part of my problem with blogging right now is I simply don’t know what to write about. Sure, there are big, pressing issues, like what has been happing in the SF convention world with John Ringo, Larry Correia, and a couple of years ago, Uncle Timmy. I’m honored to know all three men and have…
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Curmudgeon’s Corner: Expectations
Written by Sanford Begley I’m reading the second book by a new author. I won’t tell you who because it doesn’t matter. I have barely started it and am already disappointed. Not because it isn’t a good book, it is so far. And not because it isn’t as well written as the first, actually I…
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Review: Son of the Black Sword
I was talking to a fellow writer the other day about whether or not there is a market for a ‘thinking man’s fantasy.’ We were specifically talking about that sub-genre, Sword and Sorcery, the genre made famous by the likes of Conan the Barbarian, and oft-mocked as being ‘thud and blunder’ rather than ‘blood and…
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Eat This While you Read That: Larry Correia
I’d first asked Larry Correia if he’d be willing to take part in this series of foodie book blogs when I saw him at LTUE this spring, and his eyes lit up. “I love food!” he told me, and then he had to hurry off to another panel. I was busy too – that is…
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Horrifyingly Good
Written by Sanford Begley We got this book, Shared Nightmares, largely on the strength of some of the authors involved. I will have to give this book two reviews in one. Why? Well because I see it in two different ways. As a long time reader and a fan of many of the authors involved…
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Fear and Loathing at TOR
Almost since the advent of the internet, there have been warnings about what to say – or not – on it. The internet is a vast and mostly public arena. Imagine, if you can, standing in Grand Central Station and screaming slurs at the top of your lungs, while the sane people standing near you…
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The Great Big Handy-Dandy MHI Group Book List
So you have read everything Larry Correia ever wrote, and you are jonesing for a good book while he’s working on the next one. Well, if you ask in the Monster Hunter International group, this is the list you will get of authors, books, series, and sundry suggestions. I have cleaned it up very little,…
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LTUE AAR
I’m home from the trip to Utah. I have learned a lot: Provo has the most amazing mountains looming over it, and fantastic restaurants (I think we did our best to eat our way around the world). I also learned that as I was told, LTUE is not a fan con. It is a symposium…
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Reporting In
I’m at a con this weekend, which means I’m not going to double-blog with Mad Genius Club this morning. You can find out more about my ongoing adventures over there. I’ve been happily snapping pictures, put up some from day two on that post. Below are a few from the first day. Today I will…
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LTUE
I will be at Life, The Universe, and Everything! in two weeks. It’s held in Provo, Utah, and I am not going as a panelist, just an attendee. But if you will be there, let me know and we’ll try to catch up! I plan on being in a lot of panels taking notes, and…
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Where did Ferguson come from?
As the events in Ferguson, MO, unfold, I have been watching for some time. Every couple of days in the Criminal Justice class I’m taking, we have talked about it, and yesterday we had a lengthy discussion as the rioting was still spinning out of control. I see it continues today, with the total at…
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Easy Reading
I had something unusual happen to me yesterday (well, it started the day before, but…). I got so sucked into a story I couldn’t put it down (metaphorically, as it was online). I stopped long enough to make dinner for us, mainly because I felt guilty that I was ignoring the First Reader so I…