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The Gemini Man Kickstarter is Live!

The Gemini Man Kickstarter is Live!

This is a good week for adventure fiction writers. Friend of the blog JD Cowan has launched a Kickstarter to complete publication of his Gemini Man series. I reviewed the first book, Gemini Warrior, in 2019. Gemini Warrior is set in a shared literary universe, Heroes Unleashed, and one of

The Alchemy of Treason: The Lost Book 5

The Alchemy of Treason: The Lost Book 5

In the land of ice and monsters, there is nothing mundane about treachery. Eternal consequences flow from mundane actions.

Northrop Frye on the Romance

Following my online mentor John J. Reilly, I often refer to Northrop Frye’s Anatomy of Criticism when I write about stories. It is useful to have another point of reference for talking about the modes and structure of stories than Joseph Campbell, whose Hero’s Journey is the only

Linkfest 2022-12-02: USS Iowa

This is how war veterans find common ground. Tragedy: An Introduction Just as automatically as we associate comedy with laughter, we associate tragedy with death. And just as was the case with the relationship between laughter and comedy, a Renaissance tragedy-- though it will always include at least one death--is

Strange Company 2: Voodoo Warfare Book Review

John Straang’s company is back, and everything is even weirder than before. It’s been twenty-five years since the Strange escaped from Crash, or Astralon, call it what you will. They limped away at sublight speeds, hoping for a better tomorrow. It didn’t come. Instead, Sergeant Orion and

Swords Against the Night: The Lost Book 4

When I wrote my review of Darkness and Stone, book 3 in Peter Nealen’s “The Lost” series, I said Nealen had done a great job wrapping it up. Nealen wrote me and let me know that there was plenty more where that came from. I still think Nealen made

With Both Hands Classics: Great Teacher Onizuka

This is the first installment of what I hope to make a regular feature here at With Both Hands, a reflection on a key work of fiction that I find myself returning to again and again that I will call With Both Hands Classics. For this inaugural edition, let’s