It’s typical of human priorities that we invented firearms and Greek fire centuries before we figured out how to fly. Luckily, we can rely on the imaginations of science fiction and fantasy writers, who routinely take something already quite awesome (the power of flight) and make it even more awesome by eschewing the sleek lines of a […]
What happens when you cross Patrick O’Brien’s Master and Commander with magic, alchemy, steampunk, alternate history, fairy tales, and impossible science? Really rad pirate ships in space! Ok, so they aren’t always pirate ships, but they are all masted ships sailing through air and space instead of across oceans—some meant for war, some meant for […]
For those who don’t know (and oh, how I both pity you and envy the journey that awaits you), the greatest fantasy adventure of the last three years is not a book, nor a movie, but a podcast—one begun on a lark, at that. Three years ago, podcasting stalwarts the McElroy Brothers (Travis, Justin, and […]