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After a hiatus of many years, John C Wright has a new book, the first volume an ongoing series, available for preorder.

https://www.amazon.com/Starquest-Space-Pirates-Andromeda-12th-ebook/dp/B0DGYX8QPR

Space Opera must be Great! Gallant! Gigantic! Grandiose!
This tale told by a Grandmaster vows to return the glory that was lost!
Remember the days gone by, when science fiction was fun?
Now new hope is here!
If you are weary of weak, wan, woke and wasted works, your wait is ended!
Here is an epic, as grand as any tale of old — here you will hear wonders told!

Of course there is a Space Princess, and Space Pirates galore, and an Evil Galactic Empire.
Of course there is a super-weapon known only as the Great Eye of Darkness!
Here meet Athos Lone, Ace of Star Patrol, in his one-man mission of vengeance!
The Ancient Mariner, like an iron ghost, when slain, seems to rise again!
The mysterious spymaster called Nightshadow walks in dark worlds but serves the light!
An Imperial Deathtrooper must reverse his loyalties, and fight his own clone-brothers!

Fate has set these unlikely heroes against the Four Dark Overlords.
An utmost evil the unwary galaxy thinks long dead!
Can Darkness fail and Light prevail?
Read On! For All True Tales are but Part of a Greater!

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Any of my dear readers familiar with the modern state of the field, if you have advice on how to spread the word, boost the signal, and tell the fun-starved spaceoperaless world that relief is on the way, and the great tradition of Pulp Wonder-tales is about to be revived, please give your humble author your advice and good counsel.

Friends, we have been trying to contact backers from our list to send out rewards for backers of STARQUEST, now that publication date grows nigh.

Unfortunately, some of the emails are blocked or discontinued.

If you see this message, and you are a backer, and you have not heard from us, please write. If we owe you something, and have not heard from us, please let us know:

Our own Brian Niemeier is asking the generous readers to support a kickstarter for the second volume of his Arkwright Cycle dark fantasy epic:

A holy warrior plagued by doubt …

A cloistered mystic yoked with rulership …

A fated prophet seeking the powers of life and death …

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Our friend and fellow Culture Warrior Hans G. Schantz has the following immense announcement:

A reader of mine pointed out that a story of mine was mentioned briefly in a podcast discussing CS Lewis:

“The Parliament of the Beasts and Birds” are mentioned at the end of this one, (1:20:35)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/perelandra-ft-andrew-snyder/id1584838118?i=1000662287507

I was on vacation last week (which is why my journal here has been lax of late) and this selfsame short-story came up in a anecdote told by a friend of mine, who, it seems, got fired from his teaching position due to an infelicity in the tale: apparently there was a mention of harlotry and venereal disease in the opening paragraphs which my friend the teacher had not recalled being there before reading it to a classroom of impressionable schoolchildren whose parents were none too pleased.

I do not recall if this were one of the tales of mine voted to be a candidate for a Hugo Award, back before those awards were no longer to be granted to whites, to males, to conservatives, to Christians.

I have an interview today on Kyle Whittington’s podcast.

Our regular service has resumed. Many thanks to my old webgoblin (DFG) and my new (Paolo)

Dear Readers,
This blog will be migrating in the very near future, and we may experience some temporary service interruptions. Fret not, for regular blogging will soon resume.

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Don’t stare into the sun.

Also, during the eclipse itself is the only moment when the Firelord will be weakened in his firebending powers to allow the young but plucky Avatar to overcome his tyranny! We must all join in the attack!