“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.”

Or maybe they’re keeping quiet for a reason

Bill Whittle asks the question that is at the forefront of every space nerd’s mind: I don’t argue at all with Mr. Whittle’s excellent summary of all of the many, many reasons why we are so fortunate to be here on Earth. Whether you believe in...

KILL! MAIM! BURN!

Fellow Vile Faceless Minion #6306 has raised the battle flag for us as the Hugo Awards approach: Woe to you, trufen and CHORFs, pedophiles! For you wear a tuxedo one night a year, but inside are full of greed, cruelty and self-indulgence.You blind Toad! First clean...

Call in the excruciators

Trust me, you’ll be seeing morbid visions of your own after reading through this Castalia House’s Daniel has been publishing a series of posts delving deep into the moral rot at the heart of “establishment” science fiction in a set of blog...

STAR WARS VII: A Lost Hope

The family went out last night to watch STAR WARS VII: The Force Awakens. Now as I’ve said before (far too many times), I really wasn’t looking forward to seeing this new movie; I figured that J. J. Abrams had simply turned it into another pastiche of the...

Ensign Mary Sue

I discovered a truly hilarious webcomic by way of a commenter John C. Wright’s excellent (yet deeply depressing) review of STAR WARS: Here We Go Again, Again: Similar to the way another commenter responded, I cannot tell whether the guy who found this deserves a...

I gotta get me one of these

Proton torpedoes very sadly not included: I don’t suppose anyone has a scale-model replica of the first Death Star, so that we can setup a mock version of the Trench Run? Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)...

Sci-fi and Great Books

Still a better adaptation than that godawful travesty that Paul Verhoeven inflicted upon us The brilliant and erudite John C. Wright had some interesting things to say recently about the question of whether or not science fiction books can possibly be counted as great...

RIP Reaxxion

A Well-Fought FightFor those of you who read my (not very frequent) articles over at Reaxxion.com, you are no doubt aware that Reaxxion is officially no more. The rest of you probably know it because Vox Day pointed it out earlier today. Personally, I greet this news...

RIP Leonard Nimoy

Farewell and clear skies to a legend: Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on Telegram (Opens in new...