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Category Archives: sff
Further, Deponent Sayeth Not
The joke, such as it is, doesn’t really come off in English. But the Latin means something like “‘I am Spoke/I have spoke<n>,’ spoke Spoke.” Live long and prosper, Spoke.
Posted in fantasy art, language, sff, television, words
Tagged EverythingIsBetterWithLatin!™, EverythingIsStarTrek
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Rocktrek Files
Some people say that Everything Is Star Trek. Some people say not. Some aren’t sure. But the evidence speaks for itself. In the upper left panel we see the Incredible Salt Vampire threatening Lt. Uhura in the guise of a … Continue reading
Posted in mystery, sff, television
Tagged EverythingIsStarTrek, Rockford Files
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Swords Against Smog: SWORDS IN THE MIST by Fritz Leiber
In summary: This late-60s collection includes what many consider to be the two best stories about Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, as well as the earliest complete story about the Mighty Twain. As such it’s essential reading for the sword-and-sorcery … Continue reading
Posted in books, fantasy, fantasy art, sff, sword-and-sorcery
Tagged Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Fritz Leiber, Jeffrey Catherine Jones
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More Morlock
I made a couple of sales in February: “The Venomous Sands of Amas Lamaar” to Tales from the Magician’s Skull (slated for issue 13) and “Evil Honey” to Old Moon Quarterly (slated for issue 3).
Posted in fantasy, fantasy art, Morlock, sff, sword-and-sorcery, writing
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The Tedium of Infinity
Maybe the suits at Marvel should have read Niven’s “All the Myriad Ways” before going all-in on the Multiverse. It’s not as if you can’t make a good movie with the concept (e.g. INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE), but it does have … Continue reading
Invasion of the Stochastic Parrots
Apparently enough fatheads were taken in by the chatbot hype this winter to flood electronic submission portals with chatbot-written fiction. At last there’s an option for the person who’s too dumb or lazy to read but who thinks they can … Continue reading
Posted in AI is a misnomer, fantasy, language, plagiarism, sff, words, writing
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Get the Hnakkr!
I’m rereading Snorri’s Edda and Tacitus’ Historiae in tandem, and it’s an interesting experience. With Snorri, this involves a lot of adventures in the dictionary, as the vocabulary of Old Icelandic is definitely less familiar to me than the vocabulary … Continue reading
Posted in fantasy, Myth & Legend, sff, words
Tagged C.S. Lewis, Latin, Old Norse, Snorri, The Daulaires
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