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The Day After Judgment, by James Blish. It’s not as good as Black Easter, to which it’s the sequel, but its best parts are right up there. And it’s a brisk, enjoyable read on its way to a surprisingly great payoff where Satan explains what’s now going on.

From a friend.

I went to look up details on Black Easter for my reading log and got this:

Inauguration Day left me even more down than I expected (and getting a cold hasn’t helped), so I’ve set aside new reading for some recovery time. Today I finished re-reading Black Easter by James Blish, which has if anything improved with time. For those who do t know: an American arms...

What is that character before the O in the game’s name?

Bill Willingham’s Elementals, done from the outset as a mix of supers, epic fantasy, and horror. It’s not going to happen, the rights are in an utterly hopeless mess and he moved on to other concepts long ago. It’s just that I still want it. The rights are all in order for Matt Wagner’s...

I was in high school and college, and disliked it immediately. It’s loaded up with a lot of elements guaranteed to not work for me. Others can enjoy it on my behalf.

This is a big part of why I’ve become a devotee of digest-sized books, and epubs. They provide fewer opportunities for kinds of layout that will make it hard for me to read and use a game book. As an example, Ironsworn (which is free in PDF, so folks can check me on this) and Starsworn (and...

Long time ago. I should re-read sometime.

Because I like Starforged more than I ever liked Traveller, and it has excellent support for the kind of campaign it’d be. Others can do as suits them. I won’t complain. Much.

People don’t realize how some parts of David Lynch’s movies aren’t made up or exaggerated at all

Well, they used to have normal reactions, but then 5e gave them a UFO abduction experience, and….

This…is wrong tool.

Finished burrowing through Gateway. As with almost everything I’ve read by Frederick Pohl, it was once again a great pleasure, with a fascinating situation, humor that’s funny, and drama that’s dramatic. For those who don’t know: the future is not so good. 25 billion people live on Earth...

Well, y’know, I’m very shy about expressing opinions about my reading. But I’ll make the effort because you asked.

I started Deadhouse Gates and am loving it. I’m also finding myself more rattled than expected by the current round of Neil Gaiman news and needing to weave in some comfort-food reading. Frederick Pohl’s Gateway at the moment, maybe some 40k fic after that. @Whizbang Dustyboots : Wow. Way to...