At the height of the genre’s boom around 2010, lots of folks were getting on the Steampunk Bandwagon. One happy side effect was a renewed interest in science fiction from the Victorian Era. The book Steampunk Prime is a collection of tales from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, collected by editor Mike Ashley. A […]
In 2016, after the surprise victory of the Orange Interloper, I was invited to participate in a Donald Trump sci-fi anthology by fellow writer George Donnelly. I had fun writing my contribution, though the majority of the stories therein were unmistakably anti-Trump in tone. MAGA 2020 & Beyond, published in 2017 by Superversive Press, is […]
Recently I wrote a review of Volume 2 of Jerry Pournelle’s “There Will Be War.” The series began in the 1980’s and came to an end in 1990 when the Soviet Union fell. After 9/11/2001, however, it was apparent that Fukuyama was quite wrong about “The End of History.” Notwithstanding the continuance (and increase) in […]
C. J. Hopkins, an American playwright residing in Berlin, writes a column of political commentary which appears in various places on the Internet. I encountered his work on unz.com, a rogue site which publishes writers from all over the spectrum, many of whom have been banned and censored elsewhere. I enjoy Hopkins’ maverick viewpoint and […]
In the early 1980’s, renowned sci-fi writer Jerry Pournelle compiled the first in a series of story collections with a military theme. For several years they came out regularly until the end of the Cold War seemed to make the series obsolete. Though I hadn’t been interested at the time, my interests have broadened since […]
(Directed by J.A. Bayona) In one of Star Trek’s many incarnations, the crew of the Enterprise encountered a society of clones that was in big trouble. Every genetic duplication they made introduced a bit of error, a concept they called “replicative fading.” The same holds true, unfortunately, for the latest movie in the Jurassic Park […]
Images (c) their respective publishers and/or artists. British writer Michael Moorcock is a master of many genres. He’s written numerous volumes of classic fantasy as well as iconic modern sci-fi. He is also one of the few who was writing steampunk because it was “a thing.” The cover of his 1971 novel Warlord of the […]
When you’ve got lemons, the saying goes, make lemonade. Or if you’ve got a two-hour daily commute, make it enjoyable with audiobooks. Recently I’ve been doing audiobooks at a rate of one every week or so. Once again I found myself on Audible searching for another steampunk novel. Kathleen McClure’s Soldier of Fortune: A […]
When I heard Netflix was doing a cyberpunk television series, I was excited to try it. I was not aware of the 2002 book by Richard K. Morgan on which it was based. The show followed some familiar themes: a technologically advanced future in which medicine has made it possible to live forever. However, only […]
One of my favorite things about writing for Steampunk Desperado is that it motivates me to discover new authors and gives me the opportunity to promote them to the world. Peter Clines’ 2017 novel Paradox Bound is about time travel, and normally I’d see that as a red flag. Even more concerning, it’s strictly about […]
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