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Linkfest 2021-10-15: The Limits of Chaos

DarwinCatholic: War, Mobilization, and the Nation State Friend of the blog DarwinCatholic looks at a concept we discuss here often, the capacity of the nation state to mobilize and organize its people for grand proejcts. DarwinCatholic: Soldier Cultures, Warrior Cultures In a follow-up to the above, DarwinCatholic looks at the

With the Night Mail by Rudyard Kipling

“With the Night Mail” is a short story by Rudyard Kipling [Amazon link] originally published in 1905, and then edited and expanded into the 1909 version reviewed here. It is in a way just barely a story, a telling of an eventful airship crossing of the Atlantic in the midst

Lay the Hate: Forgotten Ruin Book 4 Review

Lay the Hate is the fourth book in the Forgotten Ruin book series, Jason Anspach and Nick Cole’s prose poem to the Rangers and D&D. [Amazon link] In book four, the Rangers decide to get into the domain-level game, Talker has an urban adventure, and the best

Dark Victory: Galaxy's Edge Season Two Book 2 By Jason Anspach and Nick Cole Book Review

Dark Victory by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole [Amazon link] is in a way a return to normal. However, what that means in this case is not a sense of peace and clear, sunshiny days. The rise and fall of Goth Sullus and the governmental reset forced by the Legion’

Three Hearts and Three Lions on Sale on Amazon

Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson [Amazon link] is a leading favorite book of mine. It is on sale on Amazon today for $1.99 USD, Poul Anderson’s contribution of the story of Ogier the Dane is a worthy read for anyone interested in the Matter of

Science Fiction and Science Fantasy

In my editorial line at With Both Hands, I’ve started to shy away from bookstore genre labels, as I have come to think that these marketing tools cramp the mind of both the reader and the writer. However, lots of people still use these terms, and in general they

King of the World's Edge by H. Warner Munn Book Review

King of the World’s Edge by H. Warner Munn [Amazon link] is truly a pulp era story, first serialized in Weird Tales in September of 1939. A bold tale with massive scope, this is an alternative history of both the Americas and the last remnants of Romano-Britain that works