“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Book Review: The Wardog’s Coin by Vox Day

(It so happens that the inside cover of this pair of short stories has one of the usual “Praise for A Throne of Bones” things in it, and that section references my review of that book. That was my first internet-published book review, of any kind, so I...

Book Review: HALO: Silentium by Greg Bear

When it was revealed that Greg Bear would be writing a trilogy of HALO books detailing the history and culture of the Forerunner empire, which holds such an enduring place within the canon of the HALO series, I was deeply sceptical. I had tried reading his...

The Best News I’ve Heard in Metal This Year

AWWWWWW YEAH!!! Guitarist Stefan Weinerhall of Swedish metallers FALCONER has issued the following update:”After the darkest year yet, I am once again in writing mood, and what a mood! I guess somethig good really can come out of something...